家
jiā HSK1

house

家 jiā frequency
measure word measure word
classifier for families or businesses such as shops and companies

这是一家很有名的书店。

zhè shì yī jiā hěn yǒu​míng de shū​diàn.

This is a very famous bookstore.

home noun
home or family members

我想回家。

wǒ xiǎng huí jiā.

I want to go home.

my proper name
polite prefix used for one's own relatives

家父在屋里休息。

jiā fù zài wū lǐ xiū​xi.

My father is resting in the room.

family lineage noun
referring to a family, especially in the context of professional heritage or lineage

这门中医手艺在他家已经传了三代。

zhè mén zhōng​yī shǒu​yì zài tā jiā yǐ​jīng chuán le sān dài.

This Traditional Chinese Medicine skill has been passed down for three generations in his family.

-ist noun
noun suffix denoting a specialist in a specific activity or field

他是一位伟大的艺术家。

tā shì yī wèi wěi​dà de yì​shù jiā.

He is a great artist.

school noun
philosophical school of thought, specifically those of pre-Han China

他是儒家的代表人物。

tā shì rú jiā de dài​biǎo rén​wù.

He is a representative figure of Confucianism.

家 (傢) jiā
furniture; tool noun
used in 家伙 jiā​huo (fellow) and 家俱 jiā​jù (furniture)

这个搬家公司会帮我们打包好所有家什。

zhè gè bān jiā gōng​sī huì bāng wǒ​men dǎ​bāo​hǎo suǒ​yǒu jiā​shi.

This moving company will help us pack all our household belongings.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
56th most common 2634.5 per million
Movie subtitles
74th most common 2399.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
805.6 per million appears in 90% of films
Written text
954.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
傢
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5BB6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)