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)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