家

家 (radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一尸人 (JMSO), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱宀豕)

• 傢, 嫁, 稼

• 𛀢

• KangXi: page 286, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7169
• Dae Jaweon: page 566, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 930, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5BB6

Historical forms of the character 家
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraː) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 豕 (“pig”).

豕 is an abbreviation of 豭 (OC *kraː, “male pig, boar”) (Shuowen Jiezi), a homophone of 家 (jiā) in Old Chinese. See 豭 for more on the glyph composition.

家

1. home

   我的家就在這裡。 / 我的家就在这里。  ―  Wǒ de jiā jiù zài zhèlǐ.  ―  My home is here.

2. house
3. family; household

   家庭  ―  jiātíng  ―  family

   家族  ―  jiāzú  ―  clan; family

4. (polite, for family member) my
5. domesticated; domestic
6. Classifier for families, businesses and companies.
7. school of thought; philosophical school

   儒家  ―  Rújiā  ―  Confucian school

   道家  ―  Dàojiā  ―  Daoist School

8. Suffix denoting a person with a certain occupation or social standing. -er
9. Suffix denoting specialist in a certain activity or field. -ist; -er

   藝術家 / 艺术家  ―  yìshùjiā  ―  artist

   科學家 / 科学家  ―  kēxuéjiā  ―  scientist

10. Suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person.

    老人家身體可還好啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    老人家身体可还好啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

    Lǎorénjiā shēntǐ kě hái hǎo a? [Pinyin]

    Is the parent of yours well?

    一個姑娘家，成天不想著學好，天天跟道上的男人鬼混，像什麼樣子！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    一个姑娘家，成天不想着学好，天天跟道上的男人鬼混，像什么样子！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

    Yī ge gūniangjiā, chéngtiān bù xiǎng zhe xuéhǎor, tiāntiān gēn dàorshang de nánrén guǐhùn, xiàng shénme yàngzi! [Pinyin]

    (please add an English translation of this example)

11. A surname​.

• (suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person): 家家 (jiājiā), (Cantonese) 人家 (jan⁴ gaa¹)

家

1. (Min Nan) Only used in 家己 (ka-kī).

家

1. (Min Nan) Only used in 私家.

家

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(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: け (ke, Jōyō); く (ku)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō); こ (ko)
• Kun: いえ (ie, 家, Jōyō)^{←いへ (ife, historical)}; や (ya, 家, Jōyō); うち (uchi, 家)

⟨ipe₁⟩ → */ipʲe/ → /iɸe/ → /iwe/ → /ie/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly related to 廬 (iho → io, “temporary hut”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いえ​ [ìéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ie̞]

家 (hiragana いえ, rōmaji ie, historical hiragana いへ)

1. a house
2. one's own home
3. a home, household
   • Yamazaki, Kore, “第1篇　April showers bring May flowers. [Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁The Ancient Magus Bride [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 17:

     ここが僕 (ぼく)の家 (いえ)　そして今 (きょ)日 (う)から君 (きみ)が暮 (く)らす家 (いえ)でもある

     Koko ga boku no ie Soshite kyō kara kimi ga kurasu ie de mo aru

     This is my home. From now on, you will live here, too.

4. a family

• 屋

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) や​ [yáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠]

家 (hiragana や, rōmaji ya)

1. a house

家 (hiragana や, rōmaji -ya)

1. house of something, place where some business is conducted
2. person who does that thing

• 者 (しゃ) (-sha)
• 手 (しゅ) (-shu)

Cognate with 内 (uchi, “middle”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うち [ùchí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

家 (hiragana うち, rōmaji uchi)

1. a house
2. one's house

• English: hooch

Contraction of uchi above.

Often following the genitive case marker の (no) which contracts to -n.

家 (hiragana ち, rōmaji chi)

1. a house

   俺 (おれ)ん家 (ち)に来 (こ)ない？ ― Orenchi ni konai? ― Wanna come to my place?

From Middle Chinese 家 (MC kˠa).

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”), so likely a latter borrowing from Middle Chinese.

家 (hiragana か, rōmaji -ka)

1. an expert, professional, performer

• 漫 (まん)画 (が)家 (か) (mangaka)

The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”), so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.

家 (hiragana け, rōmaji -ke)

1. representing relationship to a family

   平 (たいら)家 (け) ― Taira-ke ― the Taira family

家 • (ga, go) (hangeul 가, 고)

1. home; family; household

家 (hiragana やー, romaji yā)

• 家内 (ちねー, chinē, “household”)
• 家鴨 (あひる, ahiru, あひらー, ahirā, あふぃらー, afirā, “domestic duck”)

家 (hiragana やー, romaji yā)

1. house

• 新家 (みーやー, mīyā, “new house”)
• 家人衆 (やーにんじゅ, yāninju, “family”)

家 (gia, nhà)

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家 (hiragana だー, romaji dā)

家 (hiragana だー, romaji dā)

1. house