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
Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)
Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)
Carrefour, French supermarket chain
hearth
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
family property
domestic electric appliance
home computer
home computer
belongings; familial property
(old) wife
(polite) my paternal grandfather
servant
the rich should avoid danger
families well provided for; comfortably off
people well-off; every household has enough
(polite) my maternal uncle
house fly
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
home
recluse; hikikomori person
recluse; hikikomori person