家 is the character for “family”. It is made out of 10 strokes.
| Chinese Character | Simplified Version | Bopomofo | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 家 | 家 | ㄐㄧㄚ | Jiā |
Definition
Family; home; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-han china; suffix denoting expertise in a particular field, akin to English -ist, -er, -ary, or -ian; family name Jia
Historical Origins
The character 家 is a very old character dating back to the oracle bone script. Originally, it was a phono-semantic character with the semantic part 宀 (“roof”) and the phonetic part 𢑓 (“male pig” – pronounced ㄐㄧㄚ / Jiā). However, with time, the phonetic component has been corrupted to 豕.
Vocabulary with the Character 家
| Chinese | Bopomofo | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 家庭 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊ | jiātíng | Family |
| 大家 | ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ | dàjiā | Everyone |
| 國家 | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚ | guójiā | Country |
| 家具 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩˋ | jiājù | Furniture |
| 家鄉 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ | jiāxiāng | Hometown |
| 家長 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ | jiāzhǎng | Parent |
| 家教 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | jiājiào | Tutoring |
| 家居 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩ | jiājū | Home Furnishings |
| 家務 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨˋ | jiāwù | Household Chores |
| 家譜 | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄨˇ | jiāpǔ | Family Tree |
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