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家 — 10 strokes / Radical「宀」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 10 strokes / Radical「宀」
On
カ・ケか・け · ka · ke
Kun
いえ・やie · ya
Meaning
house, home

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pig (豕) under a roof (宀) — old homes where people lived with animals.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka家屋かおく家庭かてい作家さっか
Onケけke家来けらい本家ほんけ分家ぶんけ
Kunいえie家いえ家柄いえがら家元いえもと
Kunやya家主やぬし借家しゃくや

Compare: 屋

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 家族かぞく

    family

  • 家来けらい

    retainer

More words with this kanji

  • 画家がか
  • 家庭かてい
  • 農家のうか
  • 家具かぐ
  • 家臣かしん
  • 借家しゃくや

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

家(いえ)に 帰(かえ)ります。

I go home.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

家族家来家族family来to com…室room孑alone孒mosqui…宇heaven…宅home何what科sectio…夏summer歌song下down
CompoundRadicalReading

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