房 (bunch, fringe, house, lock (hair), room, segment (orange), tassel, tuft) - Kanji Codex

房

bunch, fringe, house, lock (hair), room, segment (orange), tassel, tuft

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふさ

Nanori (名乗り)

おのぶわ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:1

Frequency:808

Vocabulary

ボウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
官房	カンボウ	government secretariat
官房長官	カンボウチョウカン	Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
工房	コウボウ	workshop; studio; atelier
書房	ショボウ	study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
暖房	ダンボウ	(indoor) heating

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
女房	にょうぼう	wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)
女房	にょうぼ	wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)
女房	にゅうぼう	wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)
房主	ぼうず	Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; boy; sonny; lad; not catching anything; getting skunked; the August 20-point card
房	ふさ	tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; tassel; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

go backwards, re-, restore, resume, return, revert

balmy, favorable, fragrant, perfume

boy, priest, priest's residence

Grade 8JLPT N/A

(kokuji), fence, wall

bud, germ, spear, sprout

disturb, hamper, obstruct, prevent