HSK 2 · People

大家

dà jiā

everyone

Stroke order of 大家

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes 家 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

"大" a big crowd under one "家" roof: everyone in the house.

Parts: 大 big + 家 home (宀 roof + 豕 pig)

The characters in 大家

大 dà — big; large (3 strokes)
家 jiā — home; family (10 strokes)

Example sentence

大家好，我叫王明。

Hello everyone, my name is Wang Ming.

Words with 大

大学university 大学生college student 大big; large 不大not very; not often 大人adult; grown-up 长大to grow up 大自然nature 大海sea; ocean 大声loudly 大门main gate 大衣overcoat 大部分most; the greater part 大多数the vast majority 大量a large amount 大小size 大大greatly 大夫doctor 大使馆embassy

Words with 家

家人family members 家home; family 家里at home; family 在家to be at home 回家to go home 国家country; nation 家庭family; household 家长parent; head of family 全家the whole family 画家painter; artist 作家writer; author 科学家scientist 家属family members; dependents 专家expert 搬家to move house 家具furniture 家乡hometown

More words: People

爱人spouse; husband or wife 太太wife; Mrs.大人adult; grown-up 主人host; owner 客人guest; visitor 好人good person 坏人bad person 老朋友old friend 交朋友to make friends 同事colleague 人们people 有人someone; somebody 自己oneself 咱we; us (incl. listener)咱们we; us (incl. listener)它it 它们they (things, animals)

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