家

See also: 傢, 冢, and 冡
家 U+5BB6, 家
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB6
← 宵
[U+5BB5]
CJK Unified Ideographs 宷 →
[U+5BB7]

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

家 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一尸人 (JMSO), four-corner 30232, composition ⿱宀豕)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 286, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7169
  • Dae Jaweon: page 566, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 930, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5BB6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 家
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

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.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
家
2nd round simp. 𡦼
alternative forms
 
傢/家
宊
𠖔
𡧚
𡩅
傢/家
宊
𠖔
𡧚
𡩅
𡩙
𡩚
𡩵
𡩀
一棟住著一家人的房子

Cognate with Tibetan མཁར (mkhar, “castle; house”) (Schuessler, 2007).

嫁 (OC *kraːs, “to give a girl in marriage”) is the exoactive of 家 (OC *kraː, “house; household; family”).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • ke/kiee - vernacular;
  • ka/lia - literary.
Note:
  • gê1 - vernacular;
  • gia1 - literary (used only in operas).
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 1ka; 1jia
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ka̱⁵³/, /t͡ɕia̱⁵³/
Note: 1jia is literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 家
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑ²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕia²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕia²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕia²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕia²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕia³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/ 國~
/ka⁵⁵/ 人~
Chengdu /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕia̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕiɑ³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕia²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕia¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiɑ¹³/
/t͡ɕiɑ⁵³/ 娘~
Hohhot /t͡ɕia³¹/
/t͡ɕiaʔ⁰/ 人~
Wu Shanghai /ka⁵³/
/t͡ɕia⁵³/
Suzhou /kɑ⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕiɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕiɑ³³/
Wenzhou /ko³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕia³¹/
/ka³¹/
Tunxi /kɔ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕia³³/
/ka³³/
Xiangtan /kɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /kɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ka⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kɑ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ka⁵³/
Nanning /ka⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /ka⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ka⁵⁵/
/ke⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ka⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ka⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ke³³/
/ka³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ka²³/
/kia²³/
/kɛ²³/

Rime
Character 家
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古牙切
Baxter kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ka/
Wang
Li
/ka/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 家
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiā
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁra/
English household

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 家
Reading # 1/1
No. 5919
Phonetic
component
家
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
嘉
Old
Chinese
/*kraː/
Definitions

家

  1. home
    回家  ―  huíjiā  ―  to return home
    我的家就在這裡。/我的家就在这里。  ―  Wǒ de jiā jiù zài zhèlǐ.  ―  My home is here.
  2. family; household
    家庭  ―  jiātíng  ―  family
    家事  ―  jiāshì  ―  family matters
    李家  ―  Lǐ jiā  ―  The Li family
    我家有四口人。  ―  Wǒ jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén.  ―  We are a family of four.
  3. (polite, for family member) my
    家父  ―  jiāfù  ―  my father
  4. domesticated; domestic
    家兔  ―  jiātù  ―  domestic rabbit
    家貓/家猫  ―  jiāmāo  ―  domestic cat
  5. Classifier for families, businesses and companies.
    一家餐廳/一家餐厅  ―  yī jiā cāntīng  ―  a restaurant
    兩家商店/两家商店  ―  liǎng jiā shāngdiàn  ―  two shops
    四家人家  ―  sì jiā rénjiā  ―  four families
  6. school of thought; philosophical school
    儒家  ―  Rújiā  ―  Confucian school
    道家  ―  Dàojiā  ―  Daoist School
    一家之言  ―  yījiāzhīyán  ―  one's own thought, opinion, interpretation, etc.
  7. (historical, obsolete) fief of ministers or senior officials
  8. Suffix denoting a person with a certain occupation or social standing. -er
    船家  ―  chuánjiā  ―  boatperson
    行家  ―  hángjiā  ―  expert; connoisseur
  9. Suffix denoting specialist in a certain activity or field. -ist; -er
    藝術家/艺术家  ―  yìshùjiā  ―  artist
    科學家/科学家  ―  kēxuéjiā  ―  scientist
    野心家  ―  yěxīnjiā  ―  person of ambition; careerist
  10. (in a game) party; side
    對家/对家  ―  duìjiā  ―  opposite player
    莊家/庄家  ―  zhuāngjiā  ―  banker; house
  11. Suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person.
    親家/亲家  ―  qìngjia  ―  one's child's parents-in-law
    仇家  ―  chóujiā  ―  personal enemy
    老人家身體可還好啊? [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    老人家身体可还好啊? [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Lǎorénjiā shēntǐ kě hái hǎo a? [Pinyin]
    Is the parent of yours well?
    一個姑娘家,成天不想著學好,天天跟道上的男人鬼混,像什麼樣子! [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    一个姑娘家,成天不想着学好,天天跟道上的男人鬼混,像什么样子! [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Yī ge gūniangjiā, chéngtiān bù xiǎng zhe xuéhǎor, tiāntiān gēn dàorshang de nánrén guǐhùn, xiàng shénme yàngzi! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)
  12. a surname
Synonyms
  • (family):
  • 人家 (rénjiā)
  • 室 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 家子 (jiāzi) (colloquial)
  • (suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person): 家家 (jiājiā), (Cantonese) 人家 (jan4 gaa1)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

家

  1. (Min Nan) Only used in 家己 (ka-kī).

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

家

  1. (Min Nan) Only used in 私家.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 家 – see 傢 (“stubborn, obstinate, intransigent”).
(This character, 家, is the simplified form of 傢.)
Notes:

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
家
alternative forms 價/价

Pronunciation


Definitions

家

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 4

Cognate with 姑 (gū).

Pronunciation


Definitions

家

  1. Only used in 大家 (dàgū).

References

Japanese

Kanji

家

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
家
いえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

⟨ipe1⟩ → */ipʲe/ → /iɸe/ → /iwe/ → /ie/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly related to 廬 (iho → io, “temporary hut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

家(いえ) • (ie) ←いへ (ife)?

  1. a house
  2. one's own home
  3. a home, household
  4. a family

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
家
や
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

家(や) • (ya) 

  1. a house

Suffix

家(や) • (-ya) 

  1. house of something, place where some business is conducted
  2. person who does that thing
See also

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
家
うち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Cognate with 内 (uchi, “middle”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

家(うち) • (uchi) 

  1. a house
  2. one's house
Descendants
  • → English: hooch

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
家
Grade: 2
irregular

Contraction of uchi above.

Often following the genitive case marker の (no) which contracts to -n.

Noun

家(ち) • (chi) 

  1. a house
    俺(おれ)ん家(ち)に来(こ)ない? ― Orenchi ni konai? ― Wanna come to my place?

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
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.

Suffix

家(か) • (-ka) 

  1. an expert, professional, performer
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
家
け
Grade: 2
goon

The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”), so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Suffix

家(け) • (-ke) 

  1. representing relationship to a family
    平(たいら)家(け) ― Taira-ke ― the Taira family

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

家 (eumhun 집 가 (jip ga))

  1. Hanja form? of 가 (“home; family; household”).
Compounds

Hanja

家 (eumhun 여자 고 (yeoja go))

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 姑 (“Hanja form? of 고 (“woman”).”)

Okinawan

Kanji

家

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

家 (hiragana やー, rōmaji yā)

  1. house

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Han character

家: Hán Việt readings: gia[1]
家: Nôm readings: nhà[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of gia (“home, family”).
  2. chữ Hán form of gia (“expert, professional, -ist, -er”).
  3. Nôm form of nhà (“house, home, domestic”).
  4. Nôm form of nhà (“dynasty”).

References

  1. Trần (1999).
  2. Trần (2004).

Yonaguni

Kanji

家 (hiragana だー, romaji dā)

Noun

家 (hiragana だー, romaji dā)

  1. house
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