票房
piào fáng · HSK 7
office
🎬🎟️ 票 ticket + 房 room = the ticket-room, i.e. the box office
票 — fire 火 (bottom) + 覀 (cover/west)
Originally written with 火 (fire) below 覀, depicting sparks or embers rising from a fire. The early meaning was 'flying sparks' or 'light, floating thing.' Over time it shifted to mean a slip of paper, ticket, or note — something light and easily passed around.