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Kotomora

家

house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 200Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • カ
  • ケ

Kun'yomi

  • いえ
  • や
  • うち

Nanori

  • あり
  • え
  • く
  • つか
  • べ

Meaning

家 centers on the idea of a dwelling and the people within it: a house, a home, or a family. The extended senses of professional, expert, or performer come from the idea of a family or school of specialized practice.

Most common words using 家

24 of 1,046
  • 家いえ
    N5

    house; residence; dwelling; home

  • 家うち
    N1

    one's house; one's home; one's family; one's household

  • 家け

    house; family

  • 家族かぞく
    N5

    family

  • 国家こっか
    N2

    state; country; nation

  • 家庭かてい
    N5

    home; household; family; hearth

  • 作家さっか
    N3

    author; writer; novelist; artist

  • 実家じっか
    N3

    (one's parents') home

  • 家電かでん
    N2

    household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics

  • 我が家わがや
    N2

    one's house; one's home; one's family

  • 農家のうか
    N3

    farmer; farming family

  • 一家いっか
    N3

    a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family

  • 家事かじ
    N4

    housework; domestic chores

  • 家具かぐ
    N4

    furniture

  • 家賃やちん
    N4

    rent

  • 本家ほんけ

    head house; main family

  • お家おうち

    your home; your family; their home; their family

  • 家畜かちく
    N1

    domestic animals; livestock; cattle

  • 画家がか
    N3

    painter; artist

  • 家出いえで
    N1

    running away from home; elopement

  • 家系かけい
    N1

    family lineage

  • 家計かけい
    N1

    household economy; family finances

  • 家屋かおく
    N2

    house; building

  • 大家たいか
    N1

    master; expert; authority; leading figure

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Study

Etymology

家 combines 宀 (roof) and 豕 (pig), reflecting an ancient view of a household as a place where pigs were kept under the roof, symbolizing settled domestic life.

Meaning mnemonic

Under a roof 宀, a pig 豕 is kept. In ancient times, raising pigs at home meant a settled family life, so 家 means house, home, or family.

Reading mnemonic

For カ, imagine a car parked in front of the house: car -> カ, and the family's home is where the car is.