房
房 — Tassel
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange)
On’yomiボウ (bou)
Kun’yomiふさ (fusa)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 房
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官房長官 | かんぼうちょうかん kanbouchoukan | Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary |
| 官房 | かんぼう kanbou | government secretariat |
| 房 | ふさ fusa | tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; tassel |
| 書房 | しょぼう shobou | study; library; bookstore |
| 女房 | にょうぼう nyoubou | wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache |
| 冷房 | れいぼう reibou | air conditioning; air cooling |
Study notes
房 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #808 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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