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房 is a phono-semantic compound character. The radical 户, meaning 'door' or 'household', sits in the upper left and provides the semantic notion of a physical structure for living. Beneath it, the component 方 (fāng) is tucked in and serves as the phonetic element, indicating the pronunciation. In its early history, the character designated a very specific architectural feature: a side room or a wing adjoining the main central hall of a traditional Chinese courtyard residence. From that restricted sense, everyday usage gradually broadened, and 房 eventually became the standard, all-purpose term for any habitable space, whether a room, a house, or a building.
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这是我的房间。
我们想买一所新房。
他租了一间市中心的房子。
这套房子的采光非常好。
新房子的装修风格很现代。
书房里摆满了各种各样的书籍。
如果房价合适，我们就准备签约。
这间民宿的客房服务让人十分满意。
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