家 - Dong Chinese dictionary

jiā

house

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and a remnant of 豭 represents the sound.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián

roof

豭 Sound Remnant component

jiā

boar

Left half of 豭 (boar).

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

家

jiā

house, home, residence; family; home; (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; CL:個|个[gè]

家 (傢)

jiā

see 傢伙|家伙[jiāhuo]

Most common words with 家