室
room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #565 U+5BA4
How 室 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 (semantic, “roof”) + 至 (phonetic, zhì)
How to remember it
room · Heisig RSH #679
house + 至 until
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 至
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 至 (zhì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 至 sound component | zhì | reach, arrive; very, extremely |
| 致 | zhì | to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence |
| 侄 | zhí | nephew |
| 蛭 | zhì | leech |
| 郅 | zhì | to grow, to flourish; superlative |
| 窒 | zhì | to obstruct, to stop |
| 耋 | dié | aged; in one's eighties |
| 轾 | zhì | the back of a cart |
| 咥 | xì | the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite |
| 桎 | zhì | shackles, fetters, handcuffs |
| 垤 | dié | anthill; hill mound |
Words containing 室
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地下室 | dì xià shì | basement; cellar |
| 成家立室 | chéng jiā lì shì | to get married (idiom) |
| 布鲁克海文国家实验室 | Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Guó jiā Shí yàn shì | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 工作室 | gōng zuò shì | studio; workshop |
| 国家重点实验室 | Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Shí yàn shì | State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government… |
| 不安其室 | bù ān qí shì | (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful; to have extramarital affairs |
| 温室气体 | wēn shì qì tǐ | greenhouse gas |
| 心室 | xīn shì | ventricle (heart) |
| 家室 | jiā shì | wife; family; (literary) residence |
| 气室 | qì shì | air cell (inside an egg) |
| 公室 | gōng shì | office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period |
| 主计室 | zhǔ jì shì | auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office |
| 室内乐 | shì nèi yuè | chamber music |
| 布鲁克海文实验室 | Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Shí yàn shì | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 收发室 | shōu fā shì | mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission) |
| 会客室 | huì kè shì | parlor |
| 传达室 | chuán dá shì | reception office; janitor's office |
| 室外 | shì wài | outdoor |
| 手术室 | shǒu shù shì | operating room |
| 病室 | bìng shì | infirmary; ward; sickroom; CL:間|间[jian1] |