Pinyin: jiāEnglish Definition: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; Classifiers: 个 ; see 家伙 Chinese Definition:
①共同生活的眷属和他们所住的地方：家庭。家眷。家长(zhǎng)。家园。家谱。家塾。家乡。家风。家训。家规。家喻户晓。如数家珍。
②家庭所在的地方：回家。老家。安家。
③居住：“可以家焉”。
④对人称自己的尊长、亲属：家祖。家父。家翁。家母。家慈。
⑤家里养的，不是野生的：家畜。家禽。
⑥经营某种行业的人家或有某种身份的人家：酒家。农家。
⑦掌握某种专门学识或有丰富实践经验及从事某种专门活动的人：专家。行(háng)家。作家。科学家。
⑧学术流派：儒家。法家。道家。墨家。纵横家。诸子百家。
⑨量词，用于计算家庭或企业：一家人家。
⑩姓氏。
Total strokes: 10;
Radical: 宀 Pictophonetic:
豕 indicates the sound;
宀 (roof) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿱ Above to below
- 宀 [gàimian2] roof; house
- 豕 [ shǐ ] pig, boar
