屋 wū house; room

Made up of [尸 shī corpse radical 44, 至 zhì to arrive; most; to radical 133]
Made with 9 strokes.

The 'corpse' element suggests lying down, the door radical suggests a house so combines to give idea of a place of rest

Related characters


Also uses 尸 shī component: 局 jú (office) 居 jū (to reside) ; 呢 ne (and you?) ; 尾 wěi (tail)
Also uses 至 zhì component: 到 dào (arrive) 室 shì (room) ; 致 zhì (to send)

Sounds same

乌 wū (crow)

Different tone

无 wú (not to have) ; 五 wǔ (five) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 武 wǔ (martial) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 务 wù (affair) ; 物 wù (thing)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

爱屋及乌 ài wū jí wū In love with everything in the world
高屋建瓴 gāo wū jiàn líng Being in a good position to repel attackers. Holding a commanding position
屋漏偏逢连夜雨 wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ Misfortunes tend to come all at once