房
fáng
#512 most
frequent character
house, room, branch of an extended family
Measure words:间 jiān
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
房 has 户 door as meaning part and 方 fāng as sound part, first meaning 'side part of a dwelling'. The meaning then grew to 'room' and 'house'.
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