Chinese Character 家 Meanings and components.

Form

家

Meaning

家 meaning[3] in English

See 傢伙|家伙[Jia1 Huo5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 家 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and hog (豕)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JMSO

How to write 家

To write家jia1see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 豕shi3hog arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 豕 = 家

家 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 家 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 家, looks as follow:

家
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 傢伙|家伙[Jia1 Huo5]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
豕
Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Hog . Swine

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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