房间
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
房间 (fángjiān) · room
房间 (fángjiān) means “room”. It is written with 2 characters: 房 (building) + 间 (measure word for rooms). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 房间 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)
间 jiān · measure word for rooms
What 间 is made of
- 门mén — door
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的房间很干净。Wǒ de fángjiān hěn gānjìng.My room is very clean.
你的房间在几楼？Nǐ de fángjiān zài jǐ lóu?Which floor is your room on?
Questions about 房间
What does 房间 mean?
房间 (fángjiān) means “room”.
How do you pronounce 房间?
房间 is pronounced fángjiān.
Which HSK level is 房间?
房间 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 房子fángzihouse
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房东fángdōnglandlord
- 房屋fángwūhouse
- 房租fángzūrent
- 厨房chúfángkitchen
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet
- 中间zhōngjiānmiddle
Learn 房间 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 13: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.