The kanji 家: meaning, readings and stroke order

家

Meaning: house, family
On reading: カ ka、ケ ke
Kun reading: いえ ie、や ya
Strokes: 10
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngôi nhà, gia đình (gia)
Japanese: いえ。かぞく。
Korean: 집, 가족 (가)
Chinese: 房子、家庭

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading

画が家か
painter, artist
兄は 画が家かになりました。
My big brother became a painter.

ケ ke · on reading

家け来らい
servant, retainer
王さまの 家け来らいが前に出ました。
The king's servant stepped forward.

いえ ie · kun reading

家いえ
house, home
五時に 家いえに帰ります。
I go home at five.

や ya · kun reading

大おお家や
landlord
大おお家やさんにあいさつをします。
I say hello to the landlord.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.