家か

Meanings

-ist; -er; person who does ~

Suffix attached to nouns indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, or disposition. Often corresponds to English -ist, -er, or -ian. 政治家 is listed as a cross-reference.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉家かa person devoted to, skilled in, or professionally engaged in a field
彼かれは歴れき史し家かとして有ゆう名めいだ。
He is famous as a historian.
〈事こと〉家かとして活かつ躍やくするto be active/successful as a ~-ist
彼かの女じょは写しゃ真しん家かとして活かつ躍やくしている。
She is active and successful as a photographer.

Expressions· 7

終ついの棲すみ家かone's final abode; last home
貴たっとい家いえ柄がらnoble birth; high lineage
家か宝ほうにするtreasure as a family heirloom; cherish forever
女おんな三さん界がいに家いえなしa woman has no home of her own in this world
女おんなは三さん界がいに家いえなしa woman has no home of her own in this world

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積せき善ぜんの家いえには必かならず余よ慶けいありa virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; good deeds bring blessings to one's descendants
積せき不ふ善ぜんの家いえには必かならず余よ殃おうありevil deeds bring retribution on one's descendants

Kanji

家house, home, family

Related words

者ものN3
家 marks someone as a skilled or passionate practitioner of a field (画家, 作家), while 者 is a neutral suffix simply meaning "a person who ~" without implying expertise.
士しN2
士 attaches to words for licensed or formally certified professions (弁護士, 栄養士), whereas 家 attaches more broadly to fields of pursuit or talent (画家, 政治家) without requiring a license.
屋や
屋 is a casual, sometimes slightly mocking suffix for shopkeepers or personality traits (頑固屋), while 家 is neutral or respectful and used for serious professions or areas of expertise.
者しゃN2
家 is a suffix meaning 'specialist' or 'professional' (作家, 画家) with a stronger nuance of expertise, while 者 more broadly marks any agent or role, expert or not.
人じんN3
家 marks an expert or master of a field (音楽家, 政治家) with a sense of mastery, whereas 人 in profession compounds (芸能人, 社会人) is more neutral and doesn't imply special skill.

Don't confuse with

家いえN5
As the suffix -家 (か) meaning "person who ~" (as in 作家), 家 is pronounced か and attached to another noun, but the same kanji read いえ is the separate everyday noun for "house/home."

Word family· 350

家か族ぞくN5
family; household
国こっ家かN2
state; country; nation
家か庭ていN5
home; household; family
作さっ家かN3
author; writer; novelist; artist
実じっ家かN3
one's parents' home; family home

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家か電でんN2
household appliances; consumer electronics
一いっ家かN3
family; household; whole family · one's own style; school · gang; yakuza family
家か事じN4
housework; domestic chores · family affairs; household matters
家か具ぐN4
furniture
家か畜ちくN1
domestic animals; livestock
画が家かN3
painter; artist
家か系けいN1
family lineage; pedigree; ancestry
家か計けいN1
household finances; family budget
家か屋おくN2
house; building
大たい家かN1
master; expert; authority; leading figure · mansion; large house · rich family; distinguished family
民みん家か
private house; private residence
家か政せい
household management; home economics; housekeeping
隠かくれ家が
hiding place; hideout; refuge · retreat; hideaway; getaway
自じ家か
one's own house · own; personal; autologous
音おん楽がく家か
musician
家か臣しん
vassal; retainer
家か内ないN4
(my) wife · inside the home; one's family
家か宅たく
domicile; premises; residence
家か業ぎょうN1
family business; family trade · one's occupation; one's trade
家か紋もん
family crest
思し想そう家か
thinker; philosopher
家か宝ほう
heirloom; family treasure
家か人じん
family member; household member; occupant
林りん家か
forestry family; family working in the forest industry
家か長ちょう
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch

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Etymology

From the kanji 家 (house/family), extended to mean a specialist or person associated with a field. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the suffix use is well-established in modern Japanese.