屋

(bound form) house; (bound form) room

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,257 U+5C4B

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)

components: 尸至

habitation · Heisig RSH #886

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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 屋 as their sound component

These characters all use 屋 (wū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
屋 sound component	wū	building, house, shelter; room
握	wò	to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand
龌	wò	narrow, small-minded; dirty (1)
渥	wò	to enrich, to dye; to moisten, to soak
喔	wō	onomatopoetic, the sound of crowing or crying

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉	shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù	lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb); fig. be diligent in your…
房前屋后	fáng qián wū hòu	(idiom) the area around one's house
黄金屋	huáng jīn wū	lit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence
活动房屋	huó dòng fáng wū	prefabricated building; prefab; mobile home; caravan; trailer
名古屋	Míng gǔ wū	Nagoya, city in Japan
屋面瓦	wū miàn wǎ	room tiles
屋子	wū zi	house; room; CL:間\|间[jian1]
小屋	xiǎo wū	cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
发屋	fà wū	barbershop
公屋	gōng wū	(HK) public housing estate
屋面	wū miàn	roof
爱屋及鸟	ài wū jí niǎo	see 愛屋及烏\|爱屋及乌[ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1]
屋外	wū wài	outdoors; outside
居酒屋	jū jiǔ wū	izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
重屋	chóng wū	lit. multiple roof; building of several stories
次级房屋信贷危机	cì jí fáng wū xìn dài wēi jī	subprime mortgage crisis
爱屋及乌	ài wū jí wū	lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love…
房屋中介	fáng wū zhōng jiè	housing agent; real estate agent
同屋	tóng wū	roommate; to share a room
草屋	cǎo wū	thatched hut