Chinese symbol for “house”
房子
fáng zi
house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
The closest CC-CEDICT match for house 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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “house”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房 | fáng | house; room |
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house; building |
| 屋 | wū | (bound form) house; (bound form) room |
| 屋子 | wū zi | house; room |
| 房舍 | fáng shè | house; building |
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 “house”.
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.