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

家 stroke order diagram
家 stroke order animation

Words containing 家

Word Meaning
destitute; poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
fortune-teller
stewardship
stewardship
psychologist
psychologist
economist
translator and editor
translator and editor
editor; compiler
Warring States political strategist; diplomat
Warring States diplomatic strategists
reject other ideas, honor only Confucianism
reject other schools; honor Confucianism only
Law Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor
Law Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA; US space agency
NASA; US space agency
Organization of American States