The Chinese character【家】that I will teach you today is a character that describes a place or an identity. It is mainly used for the following meanings:
Family or experts. Explanation: 1. (1) A place where relatives live together. Such as: “family”, “going home”, “family broken up”. (2) Belonging to the family. Such as: “family property”, “family belongings”, “family members”, “family business”, and “family affairs”. (3) Raised at home. Such as: “livestock”, “poultry”. (4) Refers to professional talents. For example: “expert”, “scientist”, “educator”, and “literary writer”. (5) A person who runs a certain business or has a certain status. Such as: “farmer”, “merchant”, “shopkeeper”, “young master”. (6) A place of business. For example: “restaurant”. (7)Academic schools. Such as: “Taoism”, “one person’s opinion”, “a hundred schools of thought”. (8) To refer to oneself or others. For example: “my own home”, “our home”, “my home”, “the girl’s home”, “the child’s home”, and “the woman’s home”. (9) When addressing others, be humble and refer to yourself as your elder. For example: “my father”, “my mother”, “my brother”. (10) Quantifier. A unit used to count households, shops, large businesses, etc. Such as: “three newspaper offices”, “less than ten households”, “three branches have been opened”, “this is the only one, no other branches.” 2. A respectful title for women in ancient times. Same as “aunt”. For example, Ban Zhao of the Han Dynasty was called “Master Cao”.
Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.
Mandarin Pinyin of 【家】:jiā
Cantonese Jyutping of 【家】:gaa1
Here’s a brief introduction to the basic aspects of the character 【家】︰
Here are some situations where you can use【家】, for example:Describing a place or identity , It means mainly family or experts.The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.
【家】is a fundamental term that integrates with others to create meaningful expressions, such as【家庭、作家】(Mandarin Pinyin:jiā tíng 、zuò jiā/ Cantonese Jyutping:gaa1 ting4 、zok3 gaa1)
The number of strokes required for this character is 10 ,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here is a single example incorporating this character.:
他是這領域的著名作家。
He is a famous writer in this field.
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