房子
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
房子 (fángzi) · house
房子 (fángzi) means “house”. It is written with 2 characters: 房 (building) + 子 (noun suffix). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 房子 is built
The characters
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
子 zi · noun suffix
What 子 is made of
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他们家的房子很大。Tāmen jiā de fángzi hěn dà.Their house is very big.
这个房子是你的吗？Zhège fángzi shì nǐ de ma?Is this house yours?
Questions about 房子
What does 房子 mean?
房子 (fángzi) means “house”.
How do you pronounce 房子?
房子 is pronounced fángzi.
Which HSK level is 房子?
房子 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房东fángdōnglandlord
- 房屋fángwūhouse
- 房租fángzūrent
- 厨房chúfángkitchen
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
- 包子bāozisteamed stuffed bun
- 杯子bēizicup
- 本子běnzinotebook
Learn 房子 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 14: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.