室

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room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 meaning “roof” + 至 sound ( zhì )

Components 宀至

room · Heisig RSH #679

house + 至 until

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
地下室	dì xià shì	basement; cellar
成家立室	chéng jiā lì shì	to get married (idiom)
布鲁克海文国家实验室	Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Guó jiā Shí yàn shì	Brookhaven National Laboratory
工作室	gōng zuò shì	studio; workshop
国家重点实验室	Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Shí yàn shì	State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government…
不安其室	bù ān qí shì	(idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful; to have extramarital affairs
温室气体	wēn shì qì tǐ	greenhouse gas
心室	xīn shì	ventricle (heart)
家室	jiā shì	wife; family; (literary) residence
气室	qì shì	air cell (inside an egg)
公室	gōng shì	office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period
主计室	zhǔ jì shì	auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office
室内乐	shì nèi yuè	chamber music
布鲁克海文实验室	Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Shí yàn shì	Brookhaven National Laboratory
收发室	shōu fā shì	mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission)
会客室	huì kè shì	parlor
传达室	chuán dá shì	reception office; janitor's office
室外	shì wài	outdoor
手术室	shǒu shù shì	operating room
病室	bìng shì	infirmary; ward; sickroom; CL:間\|间[jian1]

Characters sharing the sound component 至 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
至 sound part	zhì	reach, arrive; very, extremely
致	zhì	to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
侄	zhí	nephew
蛭	zhì	leech
郅	zhì	to grow, to flourish; superlative
窒	zhì	to obstruct, to stop
耋	dié	aged; in one's eighties
轾	zhì	the back of a cart
咥	xì	the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite
桎	zhì	shackles, fetters, handcuffs
垤	dié	anthill; hill mound