Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
10 strokes
Character #31 · The First 1000

jiā

home

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses

Strokes
10
Both scripts
家
Poster cell
C2

简 = 繁家 is the same in both scripts. The switch changes the example words.

01 常用词语

Common words with

  • guójiā country
  • jiālǐ home
  • huíjiā to return home
  • zàijiā to be at home
  • jiārén family member
  • dàjiā everyone
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 家

Write 家 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, jiā, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

A4 PDF US Letter PDF
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell C2 · 28 × 36 grid

家 is #31 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 家 mean in English?
家 (jiā) means "home": home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses.
How do you pronounce 家?
家 is pronounced jiā in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄐㄧㄚ.
How many strokes does 家 have?
家 has 10 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
Is 家 the same in traditional Chinese?
Yes. 家 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
What are common words with 家?
Common words that use 家 include 国家 (guójiā, country), 家里 (jiālǐ, home), 回家 (huíjiā, to return home), 在家 (zàijiā, to be at home).
How common is 家?
家 is number 31 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell C2 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.