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
family elders; deceased close relatives
parents; deceased close relatives
a household's economic situation; family livelihood
family precepts; instructions to one's children
family precepts; instructions to one's children
The School Sayings of Confucius classic
The School Sayings of Confucius
genealogy; family tree
extreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless
extreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless
immensely rich
immensely rich
privately-owned car
privately-owned car
to come down in the world (idiom)
hometown; native place
local cuisine; regional dish
local cuisine; regional dish
hometown chicken (item on a menu)
hometown chicken (item on a menu)
family scandal; skeleton in the closet
don't share family problems outside
keep family problems private; don't air scandals
keep family problems private; don't trust gossip
keep family problems private; don't trust gossip