The kanji 房: meaning, readings and stroke order

房

Meaning: room, bunch
On reading: ボウ bou
Kun reading: ふさ fusa
Strokes: 8
Radical: 戶 door, house
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phòng, chùm (phòng)
Japanese: へや。ふさ。
Korean: 방, 송이 (방)
Chinese: 房间、一串

Readings, words and example sentences

ボウ bou · on reading

だん房ぼう
heating
冬は だん房だんぼうをつけます。
In winter, we turn on the heater.

ふさ fusa · kun reading · less common

房ふさ
bunch, cluster
ぶどうが一房ふさ なっています。
A bunch of grapes is growing on the vine.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.