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
Yin-Yang school of thought in ancient China
orator
orator
the Four Great Yuan playwrights
the four great Yuan zaju playwrights
Miscellaneous School of ancient thought
Miscellaneous School of Chinese thought
to leave home (to live somewhere else)
to leave home (to live somewhere else)
to leave home; to abandon one's family
to leave home; to abandon one's family
non-nuclear country
non-nuclear country
non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
musician
prophet
boss; owner; gambling banker
boss; shop owner; gambling banker
crime of incitement to overthrow the state
crime of incitement to overthrow the state
to take care of one's family
to take care of one's family
to support a family; to raise a family
to support one's family (idiom)