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部屋

へや

room

Mnemonic

A walled-off piece of the house with a roof of its own over the top. Hey へ, ya や, you knock before you open that one: へや.

Worth knowing

A room with walls. 余裕 よゆう is room in the sense of spare capacity.

Built from

section, part
阝 on the right marks a place or district, one section of it.
roof, shop
尸 shelter + 至 arrive

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