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
fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
parent or guardian of a child; head of a household
patriarchal system
parent-teacher conference; parents' association
house door; family clan
(coll.) sparrow
(coll.) sparrow
household electric appliance; abbr. for jiā yòng diàn qì
domestic (animals); home reared
domestic (animals); home reared
(bird species of China) house crow (Corvus splendens)
(bird species of China) house crow (Corvus splendens)
domestic duck
domestic duck
duck (Anas platyrhyncha); mallard
duck (Anas platyrhyncha); mallard
(bird species of China) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
doer; sb who gets things done
industrialist
expert; specialist
expert system
expert system
expert evaluation
expert evaluation