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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

808 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room

Kunyomi: ふさ

Onyomi: ボウ

Composition: 戸 方

房

Radical

Radical: 戶

Meaning: door, house

Reading: と

Frequency: 44

Alternative forms:

戶户(alt radical position tare)

戶

Examples

Onyomi Examples

房 (ボウ) chamber, room, cell (prison), atrium, home of a monk, monk, Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

坊主 (ボウズ) Buddhist priest, bonze, close-cropped hair, crew cut, person with a shorn head, boy, sonny, lad, not catching anything, the August 20-point card

書房 (ショボウ) study, library, bookstore, bookshop, publishing company

工房 (コウボウ) workshop, studio, atelier

Kunyomi Examples

房 (ふさ) tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section

房尾巻猿 (ふさおまきざる) brown capuchin, tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

一房 (ひとふさ) one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), one cluster (e.g. of flowers), one segment (of a tangerine, etc.), one section

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