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房 = 戸 + 方

房 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tassel”. It is built from 戸 (door) and 方 (direction). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1159.

Keyword
tassel
RTK frame
1159
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふさ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кисточка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
房 house

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 戸 door
  2. 方 direction

How to find 房 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “door” + “direction”. 房 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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