jiā

house, home, residence; family

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DEFINITIONS

家 jiā
  • see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
  • 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]

STROKES

家 stroke order diagram
家 stroke order animation

WORDS

伙 lǎo jiā huo variant of 老家伙[lao3 jia1 huo5]; (coll.) old fellow; old codger
huáng jiā royal; imperial household
可归 wú jiā kě guī homeless
sī jiā private; privately owned or managed
mǎi jiā buyer; client
园 jiā yuán home; homeland
guǎn jiā housekeeper; butler; manage one's household
huà jiā painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region
门 jiā mén house door; family clan
dú jiā exclusive
音乐 yīn yuè jiā musician
伙 hǎo jiā huo my God!; oh boy!; man!
政治 zhèng zhì jiā statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
老人 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man
zì jiā oneself; one's own family
教 jiā jiào family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor
háng jiā connoisseur; expert; veteran
物理学 wù lǐ xué jiā physicist
yǎng jiā to support a family; to raise a family
银行 yín háng jiā banker
作曲 zuò qǔ jiā composer; songwriter
收藏 shōu cáng jiā a collector (e.g. of artworks)
小说 xiǎo shuō jiā School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC); novelist
哲学 zhé xué jiā philosopher