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
Radical: 戶
Meaning: door, house
Reading: と
Frequency: 44
Alternative forms:
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
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