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Family Household House Home One's Pig Made Artist

Kanji
Onyomi カ、ケ
Kunyomi いえ、や、うち
Nanori あり, え, く, つか, べ
English house, home
Examples 家族(かぞく): family; members of a family
家庭(かてい): home; family; household
国家(こっか): state; country; nation
作家(さっか): author; writer; novelist; artist
農家(のうか): farmer; farm family
一家(いっか): a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style
画家(がか): painter; artist
家事(かじ): (1) housework; domestic chores (2) family affairs; household matters
家賃(やちん): rent
実家(じっか): (one's parents') home
家具(かぐ): furniture
家計(かけい): household economy; family finances
家屋(かおく): house; building
家畜(かちく): domestic animals; livestock; cattle
大家(たいか): expert
家主(やぬし): landlord
家内(かない): (1) (my) wife (2) inside the home; one's family
家出(いえで): running away from home; leaving home
実業家(じつぎょうか): industrialist; businessman
貸家(かしや): house for rent
家(いえ): (1) house; residence; dwelling (2) family; household (3) lineage; family name
家(うち): (1) house; home (one's own) (2) (one's) family; (one's) household
家(け): house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
家来(けらい): retainer; retinue; servant
家(か): -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 133
Components 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40)
豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152)
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 40
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading うかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword house
Koohii Story 1 Think of "The Three Little Pigs". There was a house made of straw, another made of sticks, and a third made of bricks, each occupied by a pig. So, naturally, housetop over pig means house, the central element of that story.
Koohii Story 2 Man, ever hear of cleaning? This house is a pig sty.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_people_family, kanji_structure.town.building

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