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
CR Vanguard supermarket chain
Macro (brand)
Macro (brand)
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
vast wealth
artist
pharmacologist
pharmacologist
Tanka boat people of South China
performance artist
performance artist
expert; connoisseur
family-like close relationship (idiom)
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law
observer; The Observer (UK newspaper)
computer scientist
computer scientist
critic; reviewer
sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
linguist
linguist
various sages and ten schools of thought
various sages and ten schools of thought
Hundred Schools of ancient Chinese thought