住 zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 主 master, host
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
住房
zhùfáng
housing
Characters in this word
房 fáng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 住房很贵。 Zhù fáng hěn guì. Housing is very expensive.
- 我们找住房。 Wǒ men zhǎo zhù fáng. We are looking for housing.
- 这里住房多。 Zhè lǐ zhù fáng duō. There is a lot of housing here.