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Kanji Detail for 家 - "house, family, lineage"

家

  • Meaning

    家 means "house, family, lineage."

    1. House - A residence; a building where people live.

    2. Family - Household; home.

    3. Lineage - Family background and heritage.

    4. Clan - People of the same bloodline.

    5. School - A particular discipline of study or art; also, those who belong to it.

    6. To reside - To live; to dwell.

  • Words using 家

    • 国家 こっか Listen state; country; nation
    • 家庭 かてい Listen home; household; family
    • 家族 かぞく Listen family
    • 政治家 せいじか Listen politician; statesman
    • 作家 さっか Listen author; writer; novelist
    • 専門家 せんもんか Listen specialist; expert; professional
    • 農家 のうか Listen farmer; farming family; farmhouse
    • 一家 いっか Listen a family; a household; a home

  • Four-character idioms with 家

    • 百家争鳴 ひゃっかそうめい Listen let a hundred schools of thought contend
    • 一家団欒 いっかだんらん Listen happy family get-together
    • 一家眷属 いっかけんぞく Listen one's family, relations, and followers
    • 家常茶飯 かじょうさはん Listen everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
    • 家鶏野鶩 かけいやぼく Listen bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; one's wife and one's mistress
    • 本家本元 ほんけほんもと Listen original home; birthplace; originator

  • Origin of 家

    宀, a roof, over 豕, a pig. The Shuowen reads the pig as the sound (豭, boar, abbreviated); others read it for its meaning — livestock kept under shelter, or an animal offered at a household rite. House, household, and the family line.

    How to remember it: A roof 宀 with a pig 豕 beneath it — the house, and everyone in it.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 家

    • Verified meaning: house, family, lineage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いえ, いえたか, いえつぐ, いえとく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 家

    Surnames 家(いえ)Listen 家(いえたか)Listen 家(いえつぐ)Listen 家(いえとく)Listen 家(おしお)Listen 家(おすお)Listen 家(かりゅう)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    house; home; family; professional; expert; performer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    house, home, residence; family

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    house, home, residence; family

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Dwelling. Meaning one's residence. | A wife calls her husband 家. (Mencius) "A girl born wishes to have a home." Just as a husband calls his wife 室. | Within one household is called 一家. Such as 家長, 家人. | Those with specialized learning are called 家. Such as 文學家, 政治家. | Calling one's own elders 家. Such as 家父, 家兄. | Domesticated animals are called 家. Such as 家鴿/野鴿, 家禽/野禽.

  • Onyomi

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    ka(カ) カ

    ke(ケ) ケ

  • Kunyomi

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    ie(いえ) いえ

    uchi(うち) うち

    ya(や) や

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    house family lineage clan school specialty to reside home abode ancestry building domestic domicile dwelling habitat hearth institution kin nest quarters relatives residence shelter

Sentences including 家

  • I am very pleased with my new house.

  • I'm going to call at his house tomorrow.

  • The family love one another.

  • Here is a photograph of my family.

  • A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow.

  • There was a new addition to his family.

  • I would rather stay at home than go out in the rain.

  • The house stood on the hill.

  • This house is leaning to one side.

  • I would rather stay at home.

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