The Chinese characters 房 meaning is room; house.
房 combines 户 (door) with 方 (square). It indicates something squarish (方) with a door (户), i.e., a house or a room. Viewing house and room squarely, one proverb draws the conclusion: “Even though your dwelling contains a thousand rooms, you can use but eight feet of space [...]

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The Chinese characters 方 meaning is square.
The original version was a graphic representation of two boats lashed together to form a square barge. Finally modified to 方, it widened its scope to mean also region, direction and even upright, or puritanical.

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