Home in Chinese (Mandarin): 家 (jiā)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 家

• 家

  Home, family. 宀 (roof) on top and 豕 (pig) below: a house with a pig.

  10 strokes

First tone. 家 means both home and family: 我家 (wǒ jiā) is my home or my family.

More examples with 家

• 我家有四口人。

  Wǒ jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén.

  There are four people in my family.

• 我们在家吃饭。

  我們在家吃飯。

  Wǒmen zài jiā chī fàn.

  We eat at home.

How to write 家 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.