房

§Translingual

§Han character

房 (radical 63 戶+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸卜竹尸 (HSYHS), 戈尸卜竹尸 (ISYHS), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶方, ⿸户方, ⿸戸方)

1. house, building
2. room

§References

• KangXi: page 415, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11714
• Dae Jaweon: page 759, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2260, character 4
• Unihan data for U+623F

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		房

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fáng, páng (fang², pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ, ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong², fong⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fòng
• Min Nan (POJ): pâng / phâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: fang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangr
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pangr
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong², fong⁴
    • Yale: fóng, fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong², fong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/, /fɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /foŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng / phâng
    • Tâi-lô: pâng / phâng
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²³/, /pʰaŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³/, /pʰaŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (房, reconstructed)
Character (房), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符方切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bʉɐŋ/	/bʱiwaŋ/	/biuaŋ/	/bʷiɐŋ/	/buaŋ/	/bĭwaŋ/	/biuɑŋ/
Character (房), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 步光切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɑŋ/	/bʱɑŋ/	/bɑŋ/	/bɑŋ/	/baŋ/	/bɑŋ/	/bɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (房, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
房								fáng								‹ bjang ›								/*[Cə-N-]paŋ/								side-room
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
房					3002					方					陽					0					傍					/*baːŋ/
房					3052					方					陽					0					房					/*baŋ/

§Noun

房 (classifier 間／间)

1. house
   • 我一个人在房里  ―  wǒ yīgèrén zài fáng lǐ  ―  I'm alone in the house.
2. room

   • 我可以把提包撂在你房里吗？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ kěyǐ bǎ tíbāo liào zài nǐ fáng lǐ ma? [Pinyin]

     Can I dump my bags in your room?

   • 我已经把这间房分给你了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ yǐjīng bǎ zhè jiān fáng fēnjǐ nǐ le. [Pinyin]

     I have allocated this room to you.

3. branch of a family
4. concubine
   • 二房  ―  èrfáng  ―  concubine
   • 偏房  ―  piānfáng  ―  concubine
   • 收房  ―  shōufáng  ―  to take as concubine

§Proper noun

房

1. A surname​. Fang
2. (astronomy) the Room, a Chinese constellation, 4th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) and part of the Azure Dragon (青龍／青龙).

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§Japanese

§Kanji

房

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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§Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), ほう (hō)
• Kun: ふさ (fusa), へや (heya)

§Noun

房 (hiragana ふさ, romaji fusa)

1. tassel
2. bunch (of flowers or fruit, e.g. grapes)

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§Korean

§Hanja

房 (bang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 방 (revised: bang, McCune-Reischauer: pang, Yale: pang)

• Name (hangeul): 방()

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§Compounds

• 冊房 (책방, chaekbang)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

房 (phòng, buồng)

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