Chinese symbol for “housing”
住房
zhù fáng
housing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for housing is 住房 (zhù fáng), defined as: housing.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “housing”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壳 (殼) | ké | (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device) |
| 居第 | jū dì | housing; high-class residence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 住房.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
| 记住 (記住) | jì zhu | to remember; to bear in mind |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |
| 忍不住 | rěn bu zhù | cannot help; unable to bear |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 房间 (房間) | fáng jiān | room; 间 (jiān) |
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house; building |
See also: Japanese symbol for “housing”.
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.