家 jiā

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

家 jiā

Contains the radical

宀 gài

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

roof

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱宀豕

Semantic compound

宀 gài

Phonetic compound

豕 shǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 gài represents the meaning and 豕 shǐ represents the sound.

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他 tā 回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ 时 shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng 好 hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

那 Nā 家 jiā 旅馆 lǚ guǎn 敲 qiāo 了 le 我们 wǒmen 一笔钱 Qián .

They fleeced us at that hotel.

他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

他 tā 的 de 脸 liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹台 Tái 克人)雕 diāo 刻 kè 家 jiā 试 shì 着刻出来 chū lái 的 de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕像 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià 时 shí ,她 tā 觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù 很 hěn 难 nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 家 jiā in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
家 jiā	home	家 jiā
大家 dàjiā	everyone	大家 dàjiā
国家 guójiā	country	國家
家伙 jiāhuo	chap	家伙 jiāhuo
回家 huí jiā	to return home	回家 huí jiā
家庭 jiātíng	family	家庭 jiātíng
家里 jiā lǐ	home	家裡
专家 zhuānjiā	expert	專家
家人 jiā rén	household	家人 jiā rén
人家 rénjiā	household	人家 rénjiā
家族 jiā zú	family	家族 jiā zú
家长 jiā zhǎng	family head	家長
作家 zuòjiā	author	作家 zuòjiā
科学家 kē xué jiā	scientist	科學家
玩家 wán jiā	player (of a game)	玩家 wán jiā
艺术家 yì shù jiā	artist	藝術家
家具 jiājù	furniture	家具 jiājù
家乡 jiāxiāng	hometown	家鄉
家属 jiāshǔ	family member	家屬
全家 quán jiā	whole family	全家 quán jiā
厂家 chǎng jiā	factory	廠家
国家队 guó jiā duì	the national team	國家隊
企业家 qǐ yè jiā	entrepreneur	企業家