Keyword
home
- house
- residence
- family
- Frequency
- #51
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
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Mnemonic
宀 (roof) gives the meaning and 豕 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
国家
country; nation; state
家
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
大家
everyone; influential family; great expert
家庭
family; household
专家
expert; specialist
作家
author
回家
to return home
一家
the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
家里
home
家人
family member; (old) servant
家族
family; clan
家长
head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
科学家
scientist
艺术家
artist
在家
to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chūchāi)); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 (chūjiā))
人家
other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
玩家
player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
皇家
royal; imperial household
家属
family member; (family) dependent
画家
painter
家乡
hometown; native place
家伙
household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
企业家
entrepreneur
资本家
capitalist