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房

房

Translingual

Han character

房 (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)

See also

References

  • KangXi: page 415, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11714
  • Dae Jaweon: page 759, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2260, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+623F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 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 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.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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
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

  1. house
  2. room   (Classifier: 間／间 m c)
  3. house-like structure
    • 心房  ―  xīnfáng  ―  heart (as a house of emotions); cardiac atrium
  4. branch of a family
    • 二房  ―  èrfáng  ―  second son and his family
  5. wife; concubine
    • 妻房  ―  qīfáng  ―  wife
    • 二房  ―  èrfáng  ―  concubine
    • 偏房  ―  piānfáng  ―  concubine
    • 收房  ―  shōufáng  ―  to take as concubine
  6. sexual activity
  7. 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
  8. Classifier for wives, concubines or daughters-in-law.
  9. Classifier for fruits: bunch
  10. (astronomy) the Room (a Chinese constellation, 4th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and part of the Azure Dragon)
  11. A surname​. Fang

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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
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

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

Japanese

Kanji

房

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

Noun

房 ‎(hiragana ふさ, romaji fusa)

  1. tassel
  2. bunch (of flowers or fruit, e.g. grapes)

Korean

Hanja

房 • ‎(bang)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 방 (revised: bang, McCune-Reischauer: pang, Yale: pang)
  • Name (hangeul): 방()
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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

房 (phòng, buồng)

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