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家 いえ、や、うち house, home 4 133 10 40 うかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic 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.

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カ、ケ あり, え, く, つか, べ 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 2 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40)豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 宀 3 (none) house Man, ever hear of cleaning? This house is a pig sty.

Kanji	家
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	宀
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.

Family Household House Home One's Pig Made Artist