jiā

home; family; classifier for families or businesses

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 56th character
Radical ⼧ (40.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 2099

Definitions

家 jiā
  1. 1. home
  2. 2. family
  3. 3. classifier for families or businesses
  4. 4. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
  5. 5. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  6. 6. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  7. 7. see jiā huo
  8. 8. CL

Stroke order

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Words containing 家

Word Meaning
(coll.) old fellow; old codger
royal; imperial household
homeless
private; privately owned or managed
buyer; client
home; homeland
housekeeper; manage one's household; butler
painter
native place; place of origin; home state or region
house door; family clan
exclusive
musician
my God!; oh boy!; man!
politician; statesman
polite term for old woman or man
oneself; one's own family
private tutor; upbringing; family education
expert; connoisseur; veteran
physicist
to support a family; to raise a family
banker
composer; songwriter
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
novelist
philosopher