家
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Translingual
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Han character
家 (radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一尸人 (JMSO), four-corner 30232, composition ⿱宀豕)
Descendants
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 家 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (家) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
家 | *kraː |
傢 | *kraː |
幏 | *kraː, *kraːs |
稼 | *kraːs |
嫁 | *kraːs |
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.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
家
- home
- house
- family; household
- (polite, for family member) my
- domesticated; domestic
- Classifier for families, businesses and companies.
- school of thought; philosophical school
- Suffix denoting a person with a certain occupation or social standing. -er
- Suffix denoting specialist in a certain activity or field. -ist; -er
- Suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person.
- A surname.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 家 (“home”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 家 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 家 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 家 |
Taiwan | 家 | |
Tianjin | 家 | |
Jinan | 家 | |
Xi'an | 家, 屋 | |
Wuhan | 屋裡, 家 | |
Chengdu | 屋頭, 家 | |
Yangzhou | 家, 家頭 | |
Hefei | 家 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屋企 |
Hong Kong | 屋企 | |
Taishan | 企 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 屋裡 |
Hakka | Meixian | 屋下 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屋下 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 屋下 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 屋下 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 屋家 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 屋下 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 屋下 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 家 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 厝 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 厝 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 厝, 兜 |
Quanzhou | 厝, 兜 | |
Zhangzhou | 厝, 兜 | |
Penang | 厝 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 厝, 兜 | |
Chaozhou | 裡 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 屋裡 |
Wenzhou | 屋裡, 屋底, 底转 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 屋裡 |
Shuangfeng | 屋裡 |
Dialectal synonyms of 房子 (“house”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 屋, 房 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 房子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 房子 |
Taiwan | 房子 | |
Tianjin | 房子 | |
Jinan | 房子, 屋 | |
Xi'an | 房 | |
Wuhan | 屋, 房子 | |
Chengdu | 房子 | |
Yangzhou | 房子 | |
Hefei | 屋, 房子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屋 |
Hong Kong | 屋 | |
Taishan | 屋 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 房子, 屋 |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屋仔 |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 屋仔 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 屋仔, 屋 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 屋 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 屋 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 屋 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 房子 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 厝 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 厝 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 厝 |
Quanzhou | 厝 | |
Zhangzhou | 厝 | |
Taipei | 厝 | |
Penang | 厝 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 厝 | |
Chaozhou | 厝 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 房子 |
Suzhou | 房子 | |
Wenzhou | 屋宕 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 屋 |
Shuangfeng | 屋 |
Compounds
Derived terms from 家
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Pronunciation 2
Pronunciation 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
家
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Japanese
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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家 |
いえ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
⟨ipe1⟩ → */ipʲe/ → /iɸe/ → /iwe/ → /ie/
From Old Japanese.
Noun
家 (hiragana いえ, rōmaji ie, historical hiragana いへ)
- a house
- one's own home
- 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], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 17:- ここが僕の家 そして今日から君が暮らす家でもある
- 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.
- ここが僕の家 そして今日から君が暮らす家でもある
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- a family
Alternative forms
Suffix
- house of something, place where some business is conducted
- person who does that thing
Descendants
- English: hooch
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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家 |
Grade: 2 |
Irregular |
Contraction of uchi above.
Often following the genitive case marker の (no) which contracts to -n.
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term |
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家 |
か Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 家 (MC kˠa).
The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”), so likely a latter borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Derived terms
- 漫画家 (mangaka)
Etymology 6
Kanji in this term |
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家 |
け Grade: 2 |
goon |
The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”), so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Suffix
- representing relationship to a family
- 平家 ― Taira-ke ― the Taira family
Korean
Okinawan
Compounds
- 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”)
Vietnamese
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