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家

Traditional: 傢

jiā

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jiā · gaa1 (Jyutping)

  1. used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
  2. home
  3. family
  4. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  5. classifier for families or businesses
  6. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  7. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
  8. CL:個|个[ge4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

家

Meaning
house, home, residence; family
Radical
宀
Strokes
10
Components
⿱宀豕
Cangjie
JMSO
Four-corner
3023.2

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