房
/fɑŋ³⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•house · room (Classifier: 間／间 m c) · house-like structure
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːŋ, *baŋ): semantic 戶 (“door”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ). The meaning of 方 'side' can also play a role, if the character originally referred to one of the two rooms beside the central room (side room). Etymology not certain. Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan བང་བ (bang ba, “storeroom; storehouse”), Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “enclosure”) (Bodman, 1980).…