Kanji

家

Meaning

house home family

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • わが いえ one's house
  • いえ で running away from home
  • いえ がら social standing of a family
  • や ね roof
  • や ちん rent
  • や ぬし landlord
  • お うち your home
  • うち じゅう whole family
  • お うち ごはん home cooking

On'yomi

  • か ぞく family
  • か てい home
  • こっ か state
  • ほん け head house
  • おう け royal family
  • ぶ け samurai family

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

家
house, home, family...
いえ, や, カ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
豕
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
シ

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