屋(wū)

HSK 39 strokes

(bound form) house

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Character information

Pinyin
wū
Meaning
(bound form) house; (bound form) room
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 屋 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸尸至

To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

尸shī至zhì

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 屋 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 屋

Common words using 屋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wū屋zi子
HSK 3

house

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fáng房wū屋
HSK 3

house

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wū屋dǐng顶
HSK 7-9

roof

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yǎng仰wū屋

to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)

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gōng公wū屋

(HK) public housing estate

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bīng冰wū屋

igloo

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shì世jiè界wū屋jǐ脊

the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Za…

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yǎng仰wū屋zhù著shū书

lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and …

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