The kanji 邸 primarily signifies "residence," "mansion," or "dwelling." It refers to a large, often stately house or estate. It implies a place of living, specifically a place of considerable size or importance.

・On-yomi (音読み): テイ ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): やしき (yashiki)

⚫︎ 大使邸 Translation: Ambassador's residence; embassy ⚫︎ 別邸 Translation: Separate residence; villa ⚫︎ 豪邸 Translation: Mansion; luxury residence

The kanji 邸 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). The left side is the radical 阝 (also written as 邑, meaning "town" or "place"), and the right side is 氐, which provides the sound and originally related to the meaning of "foundation" or "base." The combination suggests a "place" (阝) that is a "foundation" or "base" (氐) - a house or residence built on a solid foundation. Over time, it specifically came to mean a grand house or mansion.