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
big investor
big investor
expert in a certain field; learned person
astronomer
astrophysicist
astrophysicist
a family bereaved of its only child
a family bereaved of its only child
Jiashan National Forest Park in Hunan
Jiashan National Forest Park, Hunan
housekeeper
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
fig. to be very familiar with a matter
maiden name (of married woman)
brothel
woman (derog.)
woman (derog.)
see 兒不嫌母醜,儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2]
see 兒不嫌母醜,儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2]
abbr. to jiā yǔ
abbr. to jiā yǔ
one who is cut off from others (idiom)
settle down and build a stable life
settle down and build a family and career
to settle; to make one's home in a place