We have a Chinese character which looks like 屋 in Japan, meaning house in general. 屋根 (Yane, roof), 屋上 (Okujou, house top), 屋外 (Okugai, outside house) are just a few of the examples. How does each part mean in terms of origin? I'll show you how it's composed.

As I posted the image for the Kanji, there are two parts to divide into --- the outside and the inside. You should stroke the upper part at first. This component, called "Shikabane" in the language, came from a lying person. Shikabane, or written as 死かばね, literally means a human body after death, because 死 symbolizes to die. In other words, Shikabane has the two meanings.

Then, the inside part 至 represents a bird flying down onto the ground. Eventually, this implies that "something comes here."

Therefore, today's Kanji was invented because a house was a place for people to visit and stay in for a long time.

In addition, another character 室, used such as in 教室 (kyoushitsu, classroom), takes the 至 part as well. The initial image for Itaru or 至 was also from the bird flying down. Not to mention, 室 is related to a room.

Previously, I had explained about 室. Here is the link, posted last September.
http://www.language-exchanges.org/ja/content/%E5%AE%B6%E3%80%81%E5%AE%A4-house-and-room-pigs-house-and-bird

I hope you learn our Kanji characters in connection to one after another. It's interesting. To be honest, I'm learning them again, this time with my child!