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
the whole family
critic; reviewer
philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
mathematician
playwright
inventor
archaeologist
banker (gambling); farmhouse
parent-teacher conference; parents' association
prophet
housekeeping
excellent; perfect; brought to the utmost degree
family matters; housework; domestic affairs
to settle down and get married (of a man)
next-door neighbor; neighboring household
belongings; familial property
seller
dancer
home-use; domestic; family expenses
married woman's parents' home
nothing out of the ordinary; common occurrence
home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
critic
to play house
entrepreneur