Chinese symbol for “room”
室
shì
room; work unit; grave; scabbard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for room is 室 (shì), defined as: room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “room”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房间 (房間) | fáng jiān | room; 间 (jiān) |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 宇 | yǔ | room; universe |
| 居室 | jū shì | room; apartment |
| 间 (間) | jiān | between; among |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 室.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 办公室 (辦公室) | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 实验室 (實驗室) | shí yàn shì | laboratory; 间 (jiān) |
| 教室 | jiào shì | classroom; 间 (jiān) |
| 工作室 | gōng zuò shì | studio; workshop |
| 室内 (室內) | shì nèi | indoor |
| 浴室 | yù shì | bathroom; shower room (间 (jiān)); bathhouse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “room”.
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.