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Kanji Detail for 房 - "chamber, tassel, cluster"

房

  • Meaning

    房 means "chamber, tassel, cluster."

    1. Chamber - A room; a private space.

    2. Cluster - A bunch of fruits or flowers.

    3. Tassel - Decorative hanging threads.

  • Words using 房

    • 官房長官 かんぼうちょうかん Listen Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary
    • 官房 かんぼう Listen government secretariat
    • 書房 しょぼう Listen study; library; bookstore
    • 女房 にょうぼう Listen wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache
    • 冷房 れいぼう Listen air conditioning; air cooling
    • 工房 こうぼう Listen workshop; studio; atelier
    • 内閣官房 ないかくかんぼう Listen Cabinet Secretariat
    • 乳房 ちぶさ Listen breast; udder

  • Tattoo check: 房

    • Verified meaning: chamber, tassel, cluster
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すえじ, すえつぎ, すえつぐ, すえはる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 房

    Given names 房(ふさ)Listen

    Surnames 房(すえじ)Listen 房(すえつぎ)Listen 房(すえつぐ)Listen 房(すえはる)Listen 房(すえもり)Listen 房(すえよし)Listen 房(すえわか)Listen 房(ぱん)Listen 房(ふさかつ)Listen 房(ふさざき)Listen 房(ふさじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tassel; tuft; fringe; bunch; lock (hair); segment (orange); house; room

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Fang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    building, house, room

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A room beside the main hall is 房. Now, all comfortable dwellings are called 房. Such as 洞房清宮. | Dividing a large part into many small parts is 房. Such as 蜂房, 蓮房. | A star name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions. Also called Celestial Quadriga. | A branch of a family clan is 房. Such as 長房, 次房. | In imperial examinations, associate examiners were 房. Such as 分房, 房官. | Interchangeable with 旁. 阿房: Name of a Qin palace. | Interchangeable with 防. Emperor Wu of Han built Xuanfang Palace on the river dike, meaning to release and prevent.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fusa(ふさ) ふさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    戸 戶 (to・todare・tokammuri・tobiranoto)

  • Related Keywords

    chamber cluster tassel home room section bunch cell compartment division quarters space alcove

Sentences including 房

  • The heating doesn't work.

  • She became , in other words , a good wife.

  • This room is air-conditioned.

  • I lost my wife last year.

  • My wife burst into tears.

  • Did you turn off the heater?

  • Does the room have air conditioning?

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