屋 wū house
house; building; shelter; room
How to remember 屋: 尸 corpse + 至 until = house. Soaked by the storm, the exhausted hiker lies like a corpse in the mud until his friend shouts "Any house will do!"
Component breakdown
屋 = 尸 corpse + 至 until
- 尸 corpse
- 至 until
Soaked by the storm, the exhausted hiker lies like a corpse in the mud until his friend shouts "Any house will do!"
How it came to be
A covering drawn over an arrow come down into the ground. Where the journey stops and there is a roof over it: the two halves say arrived and sheltered.
How it is used
- A house or a room within it - 屋子 (wūzi) room, 房屋 (fángwū) housing/buildings (formal).
- 屋里 (wū li) means 'indoors/inside the room' - 进屋 (jìn wū) come inside.
- 房 (fáng) leans toward the building/property as a whole; 屋 leans toward the room/dwelling space you're standing in.
Characters built with 屋
Words with 屋
Example sentences
- 这间屋子朝西。 Zhè jiān wūzi cháo xī.This room faces west.
- 屋外下着雪。 Wūwài xiàzhe xuě.It's snowing outside.
- 屋内很暖。 Wūnèi hěn nuǎn.It's warm inside the house.