家 (jiā): meaning and stroke order
家 (jiā) means home, family, (polite) my (sister, uncle etc), classifier for families or businesses.
家
- Simplified
- 家
- Traditional
- 家, 傢
- Pinyin
- jiā
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Stroke order of 家
家
- jiā used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- jiā home; family
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 傢
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Meaning of 家
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jiā
- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
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jiā
Traditional 傢
- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
Radical and structure
- 家
- Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 10 strokes · 宀 on top, 豕 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 家
- 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family
- 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling
- 国家 guó jiā country; nation; state; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大家 dà jiā everyone; influential family
- 家人 jiā rén family member; (old) servant
- 家里 jiā lǐ home
- 家门 jiā mén house door; family clan
- 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin
- 作家 zuò jiā author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 全家 Quán jiā FamilyMart (convenience store chain)
- 回家 huí jiā to return home
- 家乡 jiā xiāng hometown; native place
家 in our stories
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这是小文家的照片。
zhè shì Xiǎowén jiā de zhàopiàn
This is a photo of Xiaowen's family.
From the story A photo HSK 1
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她回家睡觉。
tā huí jiā shuìjiào
She goes home to sleep.
From the story Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
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晚上，小雨回家。
wǎnshang Xiǎoyǔ huí jiā
In the evening Xiaoyu goes home.
From the story Happy birthday HSK 1
Where you learn it
家 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 家
- A photo HSK 1
- Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
- Happy birthday HSK 1
- Next Friday HSK 2
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).