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Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

家 (radical 40 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一尸人 (JMSO), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱宀豕)

Derived characters

• 傢 嫁 稼

References

• KangXi: page 286, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7169
• Dae Jaweon: page 566, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 930, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5BB6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 家
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraː) : semantic 宀 ‎(“roof”) + phonetic 豕 ‎(“pig”).

豕 is an abbreviation of 豭 (OC *kraː, “male pig, boar”) (Shuowen Jiezi), a homophone of 家 in Old Chinese. See 豭 for more on the glyph composition.

Pronunciation

Definitions

家

1. home

   我的家就在這裡。 / 我的家就在这里。  ―  Wǒ de jiā jiù zài zhèlǐ.  ―  My home is here.

2. house
3. family; household

   家庭  ―  jiātíng  ―  family

   家族  ―  jiāzú  ―  clan; family

4. (polite, for family member) my
5. domesticated; domestic
6. Classifier for families, businesses and companies.
7. school of thought; philosophical school

   儒家  ―  Rújiā  ―  Confucian school

   道家  ―  Dàojiā  ―  Daoist School

8. Suffix denoting a person with a certain occupation or social standing. -er
9. Suffix denoting specialist in a certain activity or field. -ist; -er

   藝術家 / 艺术家  ―  yìshùjiā  ―  artist

   科學家 / 科学家  ―  kēxuéjiā  ―  scientist

10. A surname​.

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke), く (ku) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: か (ka), こ (ko) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: いえ (ie), や (ya), うち (uchi)

Compounds

Etymology 1

/ihe1/: [ipe] → [iɸe] → [iwe] → [ie]. Possibly related to 廬 ‎(io, “temporary hut”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) いえ​ [ìéꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ie̞]

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana いえ, romaji ie, historical hiragana いへ)

1. a house
2. one's own home
3. a home; a household
4. a family

Suffix

家 ‎(hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. (as suffix) an expert, professional, performer

Etymology 2

Cognate with 内 ‎(uchi).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) うち [ùchí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana うち, romaji uchi)

1. a house
2. one's house

Descendants

• English: hooch

Suffix

家 ‎(hiragana け, romaji -ke)

1. a suffix representing relationship to a family

   平 (たいら)家 (け)

   taira-ke

   the Taira family

Etymology 3

A contraction of uchi → chi. Often following the genitive case marker no which contracts to n.

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana ち, romaji chi)

1. house

   俺 (おれ)ん家 (ち)に来 (こ)ない？

   Ore n chi ni konai?

   Wanna come to my place?

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) や​ [yáꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana や, romaji ya)

1. house

Suffix

家 ‎(hiragana や, romaji -ya)

1. house of something, place where some business is conducted
2. person who does that thing

See also

• 者 (しゃ) ‎(-sha)
• 手 (しゅ) ‎(-shu)

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

家 • ‎(ga, go) (hangeul 가, 고, McCune-Reischauer ka, ko)

1. home; family; household

Compounds

Okinawan

Kanji

家 ‎(hiragana やー, romaji yā)

Compounds

• 家内 ‎(ちねー, chinē, “household”)
• 家鴨 ‎(あひる, ahiru, あひらー, ahirā, あふぃらー, afirā, “domestic duck”)

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana やー, romaji yā)

1. house

Derived terms

• 新家 ‎(みーやー, mīyā, “new house”)
• 家人衆 ‎(やーにんじゅ, yāninju, “family”)

Vietnamese

Han character

家 (gia, nhà)

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Yonaguni

Kanji

家 ‎(hiragana だー, romaji dā)

Noun

家 ‎(hiragana だー, romaji dā)

1. house