屋
wū · HSK 5
house
🏠 屋 = 尸 (roof/cover) + 至 (arrive); the place you arrive home to
Top 尸 marks a covering or dwelling shape; bottom 至 means 'to arrive'. Together: the covered place you arrive at — a house or room. Sound wū rhymes with English 'woo', the cozy sigh of being home.
屋 — corpse 尸 + reach/arrive 至
屋 originally depicted a place where one arrives (至) to rest under a roof, with 尸 here representing a covering or dwelling rather than a corpse. The character came to mean 'house' or 'room'. Today it commonly refers to a house or a room within a building.