房 means “room, chamber, bunch”

ぼう · bou

Also: tassel, tuft, fringe

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふさ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ボウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

A door (戸) facing one way (方): picture a side room off the main hall. 房 is a room: 冷房 and 暖房, "cool room" and "warm room", are air conditioning and heating, and 房 alone is a bunch or tassel, like a 房 of grapes.

Used in 冷房 (reibou, air conditioning), 暖房 (danbou, heating), and 房 (fusa, bunch/tassel)

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