Chinese symbol for “apartment”
房子
fáng zi
house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apartment is 房子 (fáng zi), defined as: house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; 栋 (dòng),幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò),套 (tào),间 (jiān).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “apartment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单元房 (單元房) | dān yuán fáng | apartment |
| 出租屋 | chū zū wū | rental unit; apartment |
| 居室 | jū shì | room; apartment |
| 套间 (套間) | tào jiān | vestibule; small inner room (opening to others) |
| 套房 | tào fáng | small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 房子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房间 (房間) | fáng jiān | room; 间 (jiān) |
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house; building |
| 房地产 (房地產) | fáng dì chǎn | real estate |
| 住房 | zhù fáng | housing |
| 厨房 (廚房) | chú fáng | kitchen; 间 (jiān) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apartment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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