房

房	U+623F, 房 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-623F

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[U+623E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+6240]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	房
Simplified	房
Traditional	房

Han character

房 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸卜竹尸 (HSYHS) or 戈尸卜竹尸 (ISYHS), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶方 or ⿸户方 or ⿸戸方)

References

KangXi: page 415, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11714

Dae Jaweon: page 759, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2260, character 4

Unihan data for U+623F

Chinese

trad.		房
simp. ^#		房

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	paːŋʔ, praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	paːŋʔ, braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	paːŋʔ, paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	paːŋs, braːŋ
舫	paːŋs, paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	pʰaːŋ, pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	pʰaːŋʔ, baːŋ
彷	baːŋ, pʰaŋʔ
趽	baːŋ, paŋ, *paŋs
房	baːŋ, baŋ
篣	baːŋ, braːŋ
騯	baːŋ, praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	baːŋ, baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	paŋ, baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	paŋ, baŋ
邡	paŋ, pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	paŋ, baŋ
鴋	paŋ, baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	paŋʔ, paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	pʰaŋ, pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	baŋ, baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baːŋ, *baŋ) : semantic 戶 (“door”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Also could be an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 戶 (“door”) + 方 (homonym of 旁 (OC *baːŋ, “side”)), as it originally referred to one of the two rooms beside the central room (side room).

Etymology 1

Etymology not certain. Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan བང་བ (bang ba, “storeroom; storehouse”), Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “enclosure”) (Bodman, 1980). Alternatively, compare Tibetan བྲང (brang, “house”) (as in ཕོ་བྲང (pho brang, “palace”) and བྲང་ཁང (brang khang, “dwelling house”)) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fáng (fang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ
(Chengdu, SP): fang²
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фон (fon, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴, fong^4-2
Gan (Wiktionary): fong⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fòng / Pióng
(Meixian, Guangdong): fong² / piong²
Jin (Wiktionary): fon¹
Min Bei (KCR): bǒng
Min Dong (BUC): bùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pâng / pông / hông / phông
(Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): vaan (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): fan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fáng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²
  - Yale: fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng
  - Palladius: фан (fan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fang²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faŋ²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фон (fon, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴, fong^4-2
  - Yale: fòhng, fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴, fong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴, fong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹/, /fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng / Pióng
  - Hakka Romanization System: fongˇ / biong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong² / biong³
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/, /pi̯oŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fong² / piong²
  - Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ¹¹/, /pʰiɔŋ¹¹/

Note:

Sixian:
- Pióng - surname;
- fòng - other senses.
Meixian:
- piong2 - surname;
- fong2 - other senses.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fɒ̃¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǒng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng
  - Tâi-lô: pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
  - Tâi-lô: pông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
  - Tâi-lô: hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông
  - Tâi-lô: phông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ²⁴/

Note:

pâng - vernacular (including surname in Taiwanese);
pông - literary (including surname in Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou);
hông, phông - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: vaan (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥ɑ̃²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan¹³/

Middle Chinese: /bʉɐŋ/

Rime
Character	房
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符方切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buaŋ/
Li Rong	/biuaŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[Cə-N-]paŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*baŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	房
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fáng
Middle Chinese	‹ bjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[Cə-N-]paŋ/
English	side-room
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	房
Reading #	2/2
No.	3052
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	房
Old Chinese	/*baŋ/

Definitions

房

house
我一個人在房裡／我一个人在房里 ― wǒ yī ge rén zài fáng lǐ ― I'm alone in the house.
room (Classifier: 間／间 m c)
我可以把提包撂在你房裡嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
我可以把提包撂在你房里吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ kěyǐ bǎ tíbāo liào zài nǐ fáng lǐ ma? [Pinyin]
Can I dump my bags in your room?
我已經把這間房分給你了。 [MSC, trad.]
我已经把这间房分给你了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yǐjīng bǎ zhè jiān fáng fēn gěi nǐ le. [Pinyin]
I have allocated this room to you.
house-like structure
心房 ― xīnfáng ― heart (as a house of emotions); cardiac atrium
branch of a family
二房 ― èrfáng ― second son and his family
wife; concubine
妻房 ― qīfáng ― wife
二房 ― èrfáng ― concubine
偏房 ― piānfáng ― concubine
收房 ― shōufáng ― to take as concubine
sexual activity
行房 ― xíngfáng ― to go to bed with
Classifier for relatives.
三房親戚／三房亲戚 ― sān fáng qīnqi ― three relatives
四房兄弟 ― sì fáng xiōngdì ― four brothers
Classifier for wives, concubines or daughters-in-law.
娶一房側室／娶一房侧室 ― qǔ yī fáng cèshì ― to take a concubine
兩房媳婦／两房媳妇 ― liǎng fáng xífù ― two daughters-in-law
Classifier for fruits: bunch
(astronomy) the Room (a Chinese constellation, 4th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and part of the Azure Dragon)
a surname. Fang
房玄齡／房玄龄 ― Fáng Xuánlíng ― Fang Xuanling (Tang dynasty politician)
(～縣) Fang County (a county of Shiyan, Hubei, China)
(obsolete) side room

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 房子 (“house”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		屋, 房, 房舍, 屋宇, 房宇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		房子, 房屋, 房舍, 屋宇
Mandarin	Beijing	房子, 房
	Taiwan	房子
	Tianjin	房子
	Chengde	房子
	Tangshan	房子, 房
	Cangzhou	房
	Baoding	房子, 房
	Shijiazhuang	房子, 宅子
	Chifeng	房子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	房子
	Heihe	房子, 房
	Qiqihar	房子, 房兒
	Harbin	房子, 房兒
	Jiamusi	房子
	Baicheng	房子, 房
	Changchun	房子
	Tonghua	房子
	Shenyang	房子, 房
	Dandong	房子
	Jinzhou	房子, 房
	Dalian	房子
	Yantai	房子
	Yantai (Muping)	房子
	Qingdao	房子
	Lijin	屋
	Zhucheng	房子
	Jinan	房子, 屋
	Jining	房子
	Luoyang	房子
	Wanrong	房子, 廈
	Shangqiu	房, 屋子
	Yuanyang	房
	Zhengzhou	房, 屋
	Lingbao	房子
	Xinyang	房子
	Baihe	房子
	Hanzhong	房子, 房
	Xi'an	房子, 房
	Baoji	房子, 房
	Yinchuan	房子
	Tianshui	房子
	Lanzhou	房子
	Dunhuang	房子
	Xining	房子, 房房
	Hami	房子
	Ürümqi	房子
	Wuhan	屋, 房子
	Huanggang	屋
	Yichang	房子
	Xiangyang	房子
	Tianmen	房子, 屋
	Hong'an	房子, 屋
	Chengdu	房子
	Nanchong	房子
	Dazhou	房子
	Hanyuan	房子
	Xichang	房子
	Zigong	房子
	Chongqing	房子
	Guiyang	房子
	Zunyi	房子
	Bijie	房子
	Liping	屋
	Zhaotong	房子
Dali	房子
Kunming	房子, 房
Mengzi	房子
Guilin	屋, 房子, 屋子
Pingle	房子, 屋子
Liuzhou	屋, 房子
Luzhai	房子, 屋子
Sanjiang (Danzhou)	屋子
Nanning (Fujian)	房子
Nanning (Wuming)	房子
Binyang (Nanjie)	房子
Yizhou	房子
Luocheng (Dongmen)	房子, 屋
Tianlin (Langping)	房子
Jishou	屋
Changde	房子
Yongzhou	房子
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	房子
Anqing	房子
Xuzhou	房子, 屋
Fuyang	房子
Wuhu	房子, 屋
Yangzhou	房子
Lianyungang	房子
Lianshui	房子
Xinghua	房子, 屋
Nanjing	房子
Hefei	屋, 房子
Nantong	房子
Qimen (Anling Junhua)	屋
Changle (Qinjiang)	房子
Malaysia	屋子
Singapore	屋子, 房子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	房子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	房子
Kokang	房子
Dagudi (Maliba)	房子
Reshuitang (Longling)	房子
Mae Salong (Lancang)	房子
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	房子, 屋子
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	房子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屋
	Hong Kong	屋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	屋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	屋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	屋
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	屋
	Macau	屋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	屋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	屋
	Foshan	屋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	屋
	Foshan (Shunde)	屋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	屋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	屋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	屋
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	屋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	屋
	Taishan	屋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	屋
	Enping (Niujiang)	屋
	Heshan (Yayao)	屋
	Dongguan	屋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	屋
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	屋
	Qingyuan	屋
	Fogang	屋
	Yingde (Hanguang)	屋
	Yangshan	屋
	Lianshan (Butian)	屋
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	屋
	Shaoguan	屋
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	屋
	Renhua	屋
	Lechang	屋
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	屋
	Sihui	屋
	Guangning	屋
	Deqing	屋
	Huaiji	屋
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	屋
	Yunfu	屋
	Xinxing	屋
	Luoding	屋
	Yunan (Pingtai)	屋
	Yangjiang	屋
	Xinyi	屋
	Maoming (Xinpo)	屋
	Lianjiang	屋
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	屋
	Nanning	屋
	Wuzhou	屋
	Yulin	屋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屋
	Beihai	屋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	屋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	屋
	Danzhou	屋
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	屋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屋
Singapore (Guangfu)	屋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	屋
Móng Cái	屋
Gan	Nanchang	房子, 屋
	Pengze	屋
	Poyang	屋
	Yugan	屋
	Wannian	屋
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	屋
	Hengfeng	屋
	Yanshan	屋
	Lichuan	屋
	Pingxiang	屋
Hakka	Meixian	屋, 屋仔, 屋舍
	Xingning	屋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	屋
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	屋
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	屋
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	屋
	Huidong (Daling)	屋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	屋
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	屋
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	屋
	Boluo (Bendihua)	屋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	屋
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	屋
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	屋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	屋
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	屋
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	屋
	Wuhua (Changbu)	屋
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	屋
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	屋
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	屋
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	屋
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	屋
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	屋
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	屋
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	屋
	Wengyuan	屋
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	屋
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	屋
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	屋
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	屋
	Liannan	屋
	Conghua (Lütian)	屋
	Jiexi	屋
	Luhe	屋
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	屋下
	Changting	屋
	Wuping	屋, 屋子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	屋
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屋
	Liancheng	屋
	Ninghua	屋
	Yudu	屋
	Ningdu	屋
	Ruijin	屋
	Shicheng	屋
	Shangyou (Shexi)	屋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	屋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	屋
	Dayu	屋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屋仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屋, 屋仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋
	Hong Kong	屋
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	屋
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	屋
	Xinyi (Sihe)	屋
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	屋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	屋
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	屋
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	屋
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	屋
Lianjiang (Qingping)	屋
Mengshan (Xihe)	屋
Luchuan	屋
Luchuan (Daqiao)	房屋
Sabah (Longchuan)	屋
Senai (Huiyang)	屋下
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	屋
Singkawang	屋
Huizhou	Jixi	屋
	Shexian	屋
	Tunxi	屋
	Xiuning	屋
	Yixian	屋
	Qimen	屋, 房子
	Wuyuan	屋
	Dexing	屋
	Shitai (Xianyu)	屋
Jin	Taiyuan	房子
	Pingyao	房子
	Yangyuan	房子
	Datong	房子
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	房
	Xinzhou	房
	Lishi	房子
	Linfen	房子
	Changzhi	房子
	Linhe	房子
	Jining	房子
	Hohhot	房子
	Erenhot	房子
	Pingshan	房子
	Zhangjiakou	房子
	Handan	房子, 屋子
	Linzhou	房
	Suide	房子
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	房子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	厝
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	厝
	Songxi	厝
	Zhenghe	厝
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	厝
	Jianyang	厝
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	厝
	Wuyishan	厝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	厝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	厝
	Changle	厝
	Lianjiang	厝
	Fuqing	厝
	Pingtan	厝
	Yongtai	厝
	Minqing	厝
	Gutian	厝
	Pingnan	厝
	Luoyuan	厝
	Fu'an	厝
	Ningde	厝
	Xiapu	厝
	Zherong	厝
	Shouning	厝
	Zhouning	厝
	Fuding	厝
	Matsu	厝
Min Nan	Xiamen	厝, 房厝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	厝
	Quanzhou	厝
	Jinjiang	厝
	Nan'an	厝
	Shishi	厝
	Hui'an	厝
	Anxi	厝
	Yongchun	厝
	Dehua	厝
	Zhangzhou	厝, 房厝
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	厝
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	厝
	Hua'an	厝
	Nanjing	厝
	Pinghe	厝
	Zhangpu	厝
	Yunxiao	厝
	Zhao'an	厝
	Dongshan	厝
	Taipei (Wanhua)	厝
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	厝
	Kaohsiung	厝
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厝
	Yilan	厝
	Yilan (Toucheng)	厝
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝
	Taichung	厝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	厝
	Tainan	厝
	Tainan (Anping)	厝
	Taitung	厝
	Hsinchu	厝
	Kinmen	厝
	Penghu (Magong)	厝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厝
	Penang (Hokkien)	厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	厝
	Longyan	厝
	Zhangping	厝
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	厝
	Datian	厝
	Shunchang (Pushang)	厝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	厝, 屋
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	厝, 房
	Chaozhou	厝
	Shantou	厝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	厝
	Shantou (Daxin, Chenghai)	厝
	Jieyang	厝
	Puning	厝
	Haifeng	厝
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	厝
	Hong Kong (Yuen Chau Tsai)	厝
	Hong Kong (Sha Tau Kok)	厝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	厝
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	厝
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	厝
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	厝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厝
	Singapore (Teochew)	厝
	Pontianak (Teochew)	厝
Leizhou	厝
Wenchang	厝, 房厝
Haikou	厝, 房厝
Qionghai	厝, 房
Singapore (Hainanese)	厝
Puxian Min	Putian	厝
	Putian (Donghai)	厝
	Putian (Jiangkou)	厝
	Putian (Nanri)	厝
	Xianyou	厝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	厝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	厝
	Fuding (Aoyao)	厝
Min Zhong	Yong'an	厝
	Sanyuan	厝
	Shaxian	厝
	Yanping (Wangtai)	厝
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	厝
	Guangze	厝
	Jiangle	厝
	Mingxi	厝
	Shunchang	厝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	厝
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	厝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屋
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	房屋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	屋
Shehua	Fu'an	寮
	Fuding	寮
	Luoyuan	寮
	Sanming	寮
	Shunchang	寮
	Hua'an	寮
	Guixi (Zhangping)	寮
	Cangnan	寮
	Jingning	寮
	Lishui	寮
	Longyou	寮
	Chaozhou	寮
	Fengshun	寮
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	室
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	室
	Luxi (Baisha)	室
Wu	Shanghai	房子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	房子
	Suzhou	房子
	Wuxi	房子
	Danyang	房子
	Hangzhou	房子
	Ningbo	房子, 房屋
	Wenzhou	屋宕, 屋
	Jinhua	屋, 屋宇, 房子
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	屋, 屋宇
	Shangrao	屋
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	屋
	Yushan	屋
Xiang	Changsha	屋
	Xiangxiang	房子
	Loudi	屋
	Shuangfeng	屋
	Quanzhou	房子

Dialectal synonyms of 房間 (“room”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		房間
Mandarin	Beijing	屋子, 屋兒, 屋, 房
	Taiwan	房間
	Ulanhot	屋兒
	Tongliao	屋兒
	Chifeng	房間
	Bayanhot	房間
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	屋兒
	Harbin	屋子
	Yantai (Muping)	房子
	Jinan	屋子, 屋, 房子
	Luoyang	房間兒
	Wanrong	房兒
	Xi'an	房子, 房
	Yinchuan	屋
	Lanzhou	房子
	Ürümqi	房子
	Wuhan	房, 房間
	Chengdu	房子, 屋子, 屋, 房間
	Guiyang	房間
	Guilin	房間
	Liuzhou	房間, 房
	Xuzhou	屋
	Yangzhou	房間
	Nanjing	房間, 房, 房子
	Hefei	房, 屋子
	Malaysia	房間
	Singapore	房間
Cantonese	Guangzhou	房, 房間
	Hong Kong	房
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	房間
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	房
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	間肚
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	房間
	Macau	房
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	房
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屋仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	房
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	房
	Foshan	房
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	房
	Foshan (Shunde)	房
	Foshan (Sanshui)	房
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	房
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	房
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	房
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	房
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	房
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	房
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	房
	Taishan	房
	Kaiping (Chikan)	房
	Enping (Niujiang)	房
	Heshan (Yayao)	房
	Dongguan	房, 房間
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	房間
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	房
	Shaoguan	房
	Yunfu	房間
	Yangjiang	屋間, 間
	Xinyi	房, 房間
	Lianjiang	房
	Nanning	房, 屋
	Wuzhou	房, 屋
	Yulin	房間, 屋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	房間, 屋
	Danzhou	房
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	房
	Singapore (Guangfu)	房
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	房間
Gan	Nanchang	房間, 房
	Poyang	房間
	Yugan	房間
	Wannian	房間
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	間
	Hengfeng	間
	Yanshan	間
	Lichuan	房仔, 房間
	Pingxiang	房
Hakka	Meixian	房間, 間仔, 間, 屋仔
	Xingning	間
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	房間
	Huiyang	房間
	Huidong (Daling)	間
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	房
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	房間
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	房間
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	間
	Wengyuan	間
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	房間
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	房
	Liannan	間
	Conghua (Lütian)	間
	Jiexi	間
	Luhe	房間
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	屋
	Changting	間哩, 間
	Wuping	間
	Wuping (Yanqian)	間
	Wuping (Pingyu)	間
	Liancheng	間哩, 間
	Ninghua	房間
	Yudu	間, 房間, 歇間
	Ningdu	間
	Ruijin	間
	Shicheng	間
	Shangyou (Shexi)	間
	Tonggu (Sandu)	間
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	間
	Dayu	間
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	間房, 房間, 間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	房間, 間房
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	間房, 房間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	間房, 房間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	間房, 房間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	房間, 間房
	Hong Kong	間肚, 間
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	房間
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	房間
	Xinyi (Sihe)	間
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	房
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	屋房
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	房間
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	間角 large, 房 small
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	間
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	間
	Mengshan (Xihe)	間
	Luchuan	間
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	房間
	Senai (Huiyang)	房間
	Kuching (Hepo)	房間
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	房間
	Singkawang	間肚
Huizhou	Jixi	房
	Shexian	房
	Tunxi	房間
	Xiuning	房, 房間
	Yixian	房
	Qimen	房
	Wuyuan	房
	Dexing	房間
Jin	Taiyuan	家, 房子
	Xinzhou	家
	Taibus (Baochang)	房屋
	Linhe	房間
	Jining	房子, 房
	Hohhot	家合兒, 家裡頭
	Baotou	房子, 房
	Dongsheng	房間
	Haibowan	屋子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	房間
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	厝間
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	間
	Jianyang	厝間
	Wuyishan	厝間
	Pucheng (Shibei)	厝間
Min Dong	Fuzhou	房裡, 房間, 房
	Changle	房裡
	Fuqing	房裡, 房間
	Yongtai	間裡
	Gutian	間裡
	Fu'an	間裡
	Ningde	間裡
	Shouning	間裡
	Zhouning	間裡
	Fuding	間裡
	Matsu	房裡, 房間
Min Nan	Xiamen	房間, 厝間, 房, 口間
	Quanzhou	房間, 房
	Jinjiang	厝間
	Yongchun	房
	Zhangzhou	房間, 房
	Kaohsiung	房間
	Penang (Hokkien)	房間
	Singapore (Hokkien)	房間, 厝間
	Manila (Hokkien)	房間, 房
	Longyan	房間
	Zhangping	間內
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	間內, 間房
	Datian	房間
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	房間, 屋
	Chaozhou	房
	Shantou	房
	Jieyang	房, 間囝
	Haifeng	房間
	Bangkok (Teochew)	房間
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	房間
	Singapore (Teochew)	房間
	Leizhou	房
	Wenchang	房
	Haikou	房
	Qionghai	房
Puxian Min	Xianyou	厝裡
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	房
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	房
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	房, 房間
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	房間
Wu	Shanghai	房間
	Suzhou	房間
	Danyang	房間
	Hangzhou	房間
	Ningbo	房間
	Wenzhou	間, 房間
	Jinhua	房, 房間
	Shangrao	房間
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	間
	Yushan	房間
Xiang	Changsha	房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
	Loudi	房
	Shuangfeng	房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
	Quanzhou	房間, 屋子

Compounds

Derived terms from 房

一房
三合房
三房四妾
三班六房
上房 (shàngfáng)
下房
丹房
乳房 (rǔfáng)
二房 (èrfáng)
作房
便房
偏房 (piānfáng)
健身房 (jiànshēnfáng)
僧房
公事房
六房吏典
冷房 (lěngfáng)
刑房 (xíngfáng)
危房 (wēifáng)
右心房 (yòuxīnfáng)
司房
同房 (tóngfáng)
吵房
喜房
四合房
土房子
堂房
填房 (tiánfáng)
大房
套房 (tàofáng)
子房 (zǐfáng)
孔目房
完房
官房
客房 (kèfáng)
小房
山房
巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng)
工房 (gōngfáng)
平房 (píngfáng)
幽房
御膳房 (yùshànfáng)
心房 (xīnfáng)
成房
房下
房主 (fángzhǔ)
房事 (fángshì)
房分
房分兄弟
房地 (fángdì)
房基 (fángjī)
房契 (fángqì)
房子 (fángzi)
房宇 (fángyǔ)
房官
房客 (fángkè)
房室束 (fángshìshù)
房屋 (fángwū)
房山 (Fángshān)
房帖
房捐
房族
房杜姚宋
房檐 (fángyán)
房水 (fángshuǐ)
房牙子
房租 (fángzū)
房累
房老
房考
房脊 (fángjǐ)
房舍 (fángshè)
房荒
房金
扒房
披房
捕房 (bǔfáng)
排房
排房吏典
探房
敝房
敬事房
文房 (wénfáng)
文房四士
新房 (xīnfáng)
普通病房
暖房 (nuǎnfáng)
暖房筵
暗房 (ànfáng)
曲房
更房
月子房

月房 (yuèfáng)
朝房
本房
柴房
椒房 (Jiāofáng)
次房
正房 (zhèngfáng)
民房 (mínfáng)
河房
洋房 (yángfáng)
洞房 (dòngfáng)
添房
渲房
火房
炕房
牢房 (láofáng)
班房 (bānfáng)
球房
病房 (bìngfáng)
看房子
碉房
碓房
碾房
磨房 (mòfáng)
票房 (piàofáng)
私房 (sīfáng)
科房
稍房
空房 (kōngfáng)
箱房
粉房
糖房
耳房
腰房
膳房
花房 (huāfáng)
茅房 (máofáng)
茶房 (cháfáng)
草房 (cǎofáng)
蜂房 (fēngfáng)
蜜房
行房 (xíngfáng)
豹房
跳房子 (tiào fángzi)
近房
退房 (tuìfáng)
通房
配房
陪房
隔房 (géfáng)
雅房 (yǎfáng)
香房
高房
黑房
伙房
占房
一房一臥／一房一卧
上書房／上书房
九間房／九间房 (Jiǔjiānfáng)
二房東／二房东 (èrfángdōng)
倉房／仓房 (cāngfáng)
停屍房／停尸房 (tíngshīfáng)
六房書吏／六房书吏
冷氣房／冷气房 (lěngqìfáng)
分房減口／分房减口
別房／别房
加護病房／加护病房 (jiāhù bìngfáng)
單人房／单人房 (dānrénfáng)
圓房／圆房 (yuánfáng)
壽房／寿房
太陽能房／太阳能房
奩房／奁房
官房學派／官房学派
專房／专房
帳房／帐房 (zhàngfáng)
庫房／库房 (kùfáng)
廂房／厢房 (xiāngfáng)
廈房／厦房
廚房／厨房 (chúfáng)
廠房／厂房 (chǎngfáng)
廳房／厅房
彈子房／弹子房
後房／后房
後罩房／后罩房
御書房／御书房
戲房／戏房
房中樂／房中乐
房中術／房中术
房價／房价 (fángjià)
房地產／房地产 (fángdìchǎn)
房奩／房奁
房室結／房室结 (fángshìjié)

房宿錢／房宿钱
房屋稅／房屋税
房師／房师
房書／房书
房東／房东 (fángdōng)
房樑／房梁 (fángliáng)
房櫳／房栊
房狀／房状
房產／房产 (fángchǎn)
房簷／房檐
房臥／房卧
房艙／房舱
房裡／房里
房計／房计
房謀杜斷／房谋杜断
房貸／房贷 (fángdài)
房車／房车 (fángchē)
房錢／房钱 (fángqián)
房門／房门 (fángmén)
房間／房间 (fángjiān)
房闈／房闱
房頭／房头 (fángtóu)
房飯錢／房饭钱
文房四寶／文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo)
書房／书房 (shūfáng)
會房／会房
棧房／栈房 (zhànfáng)
槓房／杠房
樓房／楼房 (lóufáng)
機房／机房 (jīfáng)
櫃房／柜房
歸房／归房
殮房／殓房 (liànfáng)
氈房／毡房
洞房花燭／洞房花烛
活動房屋／活动房屋
營房／营房 (yíngfáng)
爐房／炉房
獨守空房／独守空房
產房／产房 (chǎnfáng)
票房毒藥／票房毒药 (piàofáng dúyào)
票房紀錄／票房纪录
禪房／禅房 (chánfáng)
私房話／私房话 (sīfánghuà)
私房買賣／私房买卖
私房錢／私房钱 (sīfángqián)
穿房入戶／穿房入户
穿房過屋／穿房过屋
簽押房／签押房
緣房／缘房
繖房花序／伞房花序
繡房／绣房
臥房／卧房 (wòfáng)
艙房／舱房 (cāngfáng)
花燭洞房／花烛洞房
莊房／庄房
蓮房／莲房 (liánfáng)
藥房／药房 (yàofáng)
蘭房／兰房
號房／号房 (hàofáng)
蠣房／蛎房
親房／亲房
該房／该房
談天房／谈天房
賀房／贺房
賃房／赁房
躥房越脊／蹿房越脊
車房／车房 (chēfáng)
連闥洞房／连闼洞房
進房／进房
過房／过房 (guòfáng)
過房兒子／过房儿子
過房書／过房书
遠房／远房 (yuǎnfáng)
鋪房／铺房
鋪面房／铺面房 (pùmiànfáng)
長房／长房 (zhǎngfáng)
門房／门房 (ménfáng)
開房／开房 (kāifáng)
閒房／闲房
閨房／闺房 (guīfáng)
隔房同輩／隔房同辈
隔離病房／隔离病房
雲房／云房
頭房／头房
馬房／马房 (mǎfáng)
鬧房／闹房 (nàofáng)
鬧新房／闹新房
鬧洞房／闹洞房 (nàodòngfáng)
鳥房／鸟房
鴛鴦房／鸳鸯房

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (房):

→ Japanese: 房(ぼう) (bō)
→ Korean: 방(房) (bang)
→ Vietnamese: phòng (房)

Others:

→ English: Fang
→ Vietnamese: buồng (房)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fáng, páng (fang², pang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ, ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fáng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²
  - Yale: fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng
  - Palladius: фан (fan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: páng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻang²
  - Yale: páng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
  - Palladius: пан (pan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pong⁴
  - Yale: pòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /bɑŋ/

Rime
Character	房
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	步光切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋ/
Li Rong	/bɑŋ/
Wang Li	/bɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	房
Reading #	1/2
No.	3002
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/

Definitions

房

Used in 阿房宮／阿房宫 (Ēfánggōng, “Epang Palace”).
Used in 房皇 (“wavering; pacing up and down”), alternative form of 彷徨 (pánghuáng).

References

“房”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	房
Kyūjitai [1][2]	房󠄁 房+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	房󠄃 房+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

房

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

chamber; room
home of a monk; monk
Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 房 (MC bʉɐŋ); compare Mandarin 房 (fáng):

Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 房 (MC bɑŋ); compare Mandarin 房 (páng):

Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: いえ (ie, 房); ねま (nema, 房); ねや (neya, 房); ふさ (fusa, 房, Jōyō); へや (heya, 房)
Nanori: お (o); のぶ (nobu); ふさ (fusa)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
房
ふさ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 房 – see the following entry.

【ふさ】	[noun] tassel [noun] bunch (of flowers or fruit, e.g. grapes) Alternative spellings 房, 総

(This term, 房, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“房”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 920 (paper), page 510 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

Korean

Hanja

房 (eumhun 방 방 (bang bang))

Hanja form^? of 방 (“room”).

Compounds

책방 (冊房, chaekbang, “bookstore”)
주방 (廚房, jubang, “kitchen”)
냉방 (冷房, naengbang, “air conditioning”)
난방 (暖房, nanbang, “heating”)

Vietnamese

Han character

房: Hán Nôm readings: phòng, buồng

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[1] “房”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

[2] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 920 (paper), page 510 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

房

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