房 (fáng) is a Chinese character meaning “house”. It is written from 户 (door; household) and 方 (square; direction (Kangxi radical 70)), one enclosing the other, and takes 8 strokes.
Build the character for “house; room”
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Structure
户 + 方
Enclosing structure
Structure from: 现代字形拆分，经 hanzi-writer-data 笔画数据核验（户 0-3 共4画 + 方 4-7 共4画 = 8画）；构件归属见《说文解字》「房：室在旁也。从戶方聲」
Memory aid
A door (户) opening onto a square (方) space — that walled-off square behind the door is a room.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
8 strokes
In real words
- 房间fáng jiānroom房 = fángHSK 1
- 房子fáng zihouse; building房 = fángHSK 1
- 厢房xiāng fángwing room; side room of a courtyard house房 = fáng
- 房屋fáng wūhouses; buildings房 = fáng
- 闺房guī fánga woman’s bedroom; boudoir房 = fáng
Go deeper
All readings
house; room
house; building; room
供人居住或使用的建筑物；也指其中隔开的一间。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 房间fáng jiānroom房 = fángHSK 1
- 房子fáng zihouse; building房 = fángHSK 1
- 厢房xiāng fángwing room; side room of a courtyard house房 = fáng
- 房屋fáng wūhouses; buildings房 = fáng
- 闺房guī fánga woman’s bedroom; boudoir房 = fáng
Sound component
方 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 房 mean?
房 (fáng) means house; building; room.
How do you pronounce 房?
It is pronounced fáng.
What parts is 房 made of?
户 (door; household) and 方 (square; direction (Kangxi radical 70)), one enclosing the other. The recorded source is: 现代字形拆分，经 hanzi-writer-data 笔画数据核验（户 0-3 共4画 + 方 4-7 共4画 = 8画）；构件归属见《说文解字》「房：室在旁也。从戶方聲」. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 房 have?
8. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 房?
户. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 房?
Common ones are 房间 and 房子. The reading of 房 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.