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房 means 'room'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 630   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-4    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 117 words   Used in 642 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ボウ
Kun
   ふさ a tassle
Additional readings
Name    お   のぶ   わ
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 房 - click the badge to download
Because 房 has many disparate definitions, one can't immediately see how they connect. The key is to think of the small spaces you get by dividing a big space several ways. The heart divides into 4 chambers. An orange splits into equal sections. A prison has many small cells. The 房 kanji covers all these meanings and more, including associations with wives and sex.
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Components
⿸  戸 door  方 way  
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See also
戻 return  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 房 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 房 is used 110 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ボウ : 91 words FIND ALL
れ い ぼ う 0
cooling; air-conditioning  (opposite: 暖房)
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ふさ : 10 words FIND ALL
ひ と ふ さ 2
noun
bunch (of grapes); section (of an orange)  (see also: 房)
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ふさ (read as ぶさ) : 8 words FIND ALL
ち ぶ さ 0
breast; nipple; udder
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わ: 1 word. FIND ALL
Most common form: 泡舟貝
noun
Bostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 戻 less common words include 房 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1809  Joy o' Kanji : 1809  Key to Kanji: - 

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房
ボウ   room   ふさ a tassle   
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戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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