# 房 wife/cluster

戸 (door) + 方 (direction / method / person)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes
JERK

## Onyomi

BOU |

## Mnemonic

| Your wife went out the door in the direction of the BOWLing alley to bowl with some clusters of "katamari damacy".

## Kunyomi

ふさ | a cluster or tuft ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

女房(にょうぼう) | one's own wife ★☆☆☆☆ FR F 女 (woman) + 房 (wife/cluster) = 女房 (one's own wife) A somewhat formal term for one's own wife (FR： female cluster? What's that about!??)
暖房(だんぼう) | heating ☆☆☆☆☆ 暖 (warm place) + 房 (wife/cluster) = 暖房 (heating) heating : central heating, electric heater, an air-conditioner set to "heat," etc.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
房 | wife/cluster | DIRECTION | 方
戻 | return | BIG | 大

I kicked the dust-cluster off in that DIRECTION, but it returned even BIGGER than before.