HSK 1 · Friends & people

家

jiā

home; family

Stroke order of 家

家 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A pig '豕' under a roof '宀' — in old China, a house with a pig meant home and family.

Parts: 宀 roof + 豕 pig

Example sentence

我家在北京。

My home is in Beijing.

Words with 家

家人family members 家里at home; family 在家to be at home 回家to go home 国家country; nation 大家everyone 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: Friends & people

朋友friend 男朋友boyfriend 女朋友girlfriend 孩子child 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 男male; man 女female; woman 男人man 女人woman 男孩儿boy 女孩儿girl 老人old person 子child; son

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