Dong Chinese dictionary

wū

house, room

Depicts a roof or yurt (𡉉) over a room (室).

Components

què

yurt

Depicts a yurt. 𡉉 also represents the sound. Modern form looks like 尸.

屋 and 𡉉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𡉉 than it was in ancient scripts.

shì

room

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wū

house; room; building, shelter; CL:間|间[jiān],個|个[gè]

Most common words with 屋

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.677-678