屋 — Chinese character
屋
wū
building, house, shelter; room
- Pinyin
- wū
- Radical
- 44 ⼫ (Corpse)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 尸 至
- Formation
- ideographic — To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)
- Japanese
- 屋 as a kanji
Common words with 屋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house; building |
| 屋顶 (屋頂) | wū dǐng | roof |
| 屋子 | wū zi | house; room |
| 小屋 | xiǎo wū | cabin; lodge |
| 屋外 | wū wài | outdoors; outside |
| 屋面 | wū miàn | roof |
| 鬼屋 | guǐ wū | haunted house |
| 出租屋 | chū zū wū | rental unit; apartment |
| 屋檐 (屋簷) | wū yán | eaves; roof (i.e. home) |
| 公屋 | gōng wū | (HK) public housing estate |
| 茅屋 | máo wū | thatched cottage |
| 屋脊 | wū jǐ | roof ridge |
English words written with 屋
屋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 2 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Hexagram 55
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 4B.31
- Mencius 6B.1
- Mencius 6B.5
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- The Great Learning Passage 3
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