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家

jiā

HSK 1 Character Traditional 傢

What 家 means

1. used in {家伙|jiā huo} and {家俱|jiā jù}

Other readings

家 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiāhome; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)

Example sentences

• 家！
  Home!
• 回家。
  Go home.
• 回家！
  Go home!
• 你在家吗
  Nǐ zài jiā ma
  Are you home?
• 您在家吗
  Nín zài jiā ma
  Are you home?
• 大家好。
  Hi, everybody.

Words starting with 家

• 家里jiā lǐhome
• 家庭jiā tíngfamily; household
• 家具jiā jùfurniture
• 家乡jiā xiānghometown; native place
• 家务jiā wùhousehold duties; housework
• 家长jiā zhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch
• 家伙jiā huohousehold dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (colloquial) guy
• 家属jiā shǔfamily member; (family) dependent
• 家常jiā chángthe daily life of a family
• 家喻户晓jiā yù hù xiǎounderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
• 家人jiā rénfamily member; (old) servant
• 家族jiā zúfamily; clan
• 家园jiā yuánhome; homeland
• 家门jiā ménhouse door; family clan
• 家教jiā jiàofamily education; upbringing; to bring sb up
• 家电jiā diànhousehold electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器
• 家小jiā xiǎowife and children; wife
• 家居jiā jūhome; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
• 家境jiā jìngfamily financial situation; family circumstances
• 家用jiā yònghome-use; domestic; family expenses
• 家谱jiā pǔgenealogy; family tree
• 家产jiā chǎnfamily property
• 家当jiā dàngfamilial property; belongings
• 家禽jiā qínpoultry; domestic fowl

Words containing 家

• 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family; great expert
• 国家guó jiācountry; nation; state
• 回家huí jiāto return home
• 人家rén jiāhousehold; dwelling; family
• 专家zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
• 作家zuò jiāauthor
• 在家zài jiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in…
• 科学家kē xué jiāscientist
• 艺术家yì shù jiāartist
• 老家lǎo jiānative place; place of origin; home state or region
• 全家quán jiāwhole family
• 一家人yī jiā rénthe whole family; (lit. and fig.) members of the same family
• 画家huà jiāpainter
• 厂家chǎng jiāfactory; manufacturer; (colloquial) a factory owner; the factory management
• 玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
• 企业家qǐ yè jiāentrepreneur
• 自家zì jiāoneself; one's own family
• 老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
• 搬家bān jiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
• 商家shāng jiāmerchant; business; enterprise
• 独家dú jiāexclusive
• 王家wáng jiāprincely
• 经济学家jīng jì xué jiāeconomist
• 发达国家fā dá guó jiādeveloped nation

Characters that look like 家

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 笨bènstupid; foolish; silly
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 冢zhǒngmound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

Sounds the same

Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 加to add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 夹to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
• 佳beautiful; fine; good
• 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 镓gallium (chemistry)
• 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈gamma; jewelry
• 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
• 痂scab
• 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷