How to write 房 (fáng, “house”)

房 (fáng), an HSK 1 character, means “house”, “room” and “branch of an extended family”. It pairs a meaning part, 户 (“a household”), with a sound part, 方 (“square”). Among the HSK words it appears in 房间 (“room”), 房子 (“house”) and 房东 (“landlord”). Japanese reads it bou, “tassel”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.

Pinyin: fáng
Strokes: 8
HSK: 1
Radical: 户 (“a household”)

Stroke by stroke

As a top-left cover character it splits into 户 (“a household”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 方 (“square”), strokes 5–8, written the cover first.

topdown and right
toprightwards → down and left
leftrightwards
top leftdownwards → down and left
centerdown and right
leftrightwards
centerrightwards → down and left → up and left
centerdown and left

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (8 strokes in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese).

Japanese · KanjiVG · 8 strokes

Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 8 strokes

Where 房 comes from

door

Meaning part: 户 (“a household”)
Sound part: 方 (“square”)

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Pinyin and meaning

Pinyin	Meanings	Traditional	In words
fáng second tone	house; room; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)	—	房间房子房东房租

HSK 2025 syllabus: level 1
2021 standard: level 1
HSK 2.0: in a level 2 word
Words with it: 174 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 房

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
房间房間	fángjiān	room HSK 1
房子	fángzi	house; building (single- or two-story) HSK 3
房东房東	fángdōng	landlord HSK 4
房租	fángzū	rent for a room or house HSK 4
健身房	jiànshēnfáng	gym; fitness club HSK 4
厨房廚房	chúfáng	kitchen HSK 4
书房書房	shūfáng	study (room); studio HSK 5
住房	zhùfáng	housing HSK 5
病房	bìngfáng	ward; sickroom HSK 5
房屋	fángwū	house; building HSK 5

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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