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
factory; factory owners
to begin one's career by; to start out by
livestock; domestic animal; cattle
to be in charge; to call the shots; to manage the household
thinker
(political) analyst
singer
to get rich; to become prosperous
to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special
the whole family; household
home cooking
boss; master (i.e. employer); landlord
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law
to return to one's native place; to go back to one's roots
(administrative) national-level
household; residence; to reside
to separate and live apart
family property
genealogy; family tree
peasant family
impractical dreamer
gourmet
family financial situation; family circumstances
conductor (music)
developing country