部屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部	屋
へ Grade: 3	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally a compound of へ (he, “separate”, cognate with the first element in 隔たる (hedataru, “to be apart”)) +‎ 屋 (ya, “roof, house”).

First cited to the late 900s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へや​ [hèyáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ja̠]

Noun

部(へ)屋(や) • (heya) 

1. room (of a house or hotel), chamber, apartment, flat
2. (sumo) a stable where rikishi live and train together under a shisho oyakata (stable master)

   八(はっ)角(かく)部(べ)屋(や)

   Hakkaku-beya

   Hakkaku stable