Hanja Analyzer
家

家 — ga

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
집 가
Romanization
ga
English
house, home, residence; family
Mandarin
jiā
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ケ, コ
Japanese kun'yomi
いえ や うち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#133 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
宀 (40, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5BB6

Parts that make up 家

  • 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
  • 豕 돼지 시 배가 처진 돼지돼지와 집짐승

How 家 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 家 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宀, 𢑓.

Korean example words with 家

  • 별가別家 Korean gloss: 딴 집
  • 가대家垈 Korean gloss: 집의 터전
  • 빈가貧家 Korean gloss: 가난한 집
  • 양가兩家 Korean gloss: 양편의 집
  • 어가漁家 Korean gloss: 어부의 집
  • 왕가王家 Korean gloss: 왕의 집안
  • 자가自家 Korean gloss: 자기 자체
  • 전가全家 Korean gloss: 가족 전체
  • 가물家物 Korean gloss: 집안의 재물
  • 가운家運 Korean gloss: 집안의 운수
  • 가호家戶 Korean gloss: 호적상의 집
  • 반가班家 Korean gloss: 양반의 집안

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 家

  • 家族かぞく family
  • 家庭かてい home; household; family
  • 国家こっか state; country; nation
  • 政治家せいじか politician; statesman
  • 作家さっか author; writer; novelist
  • 専門家せんもんか specialist; expert; professional
  • 農家のうか farmer; farming family; farmhouse
  • 一家いっか a family; a household; a home
  • 評論家ひょうろんか critic; reviewer; commentator
  • 画家がか painter; artist
  • 家電かでん household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
  • 家事かじ housework; domestic chores; family affairs

Characters sharing the phonetic 家

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “가” in Korean.

Other hanja read “가”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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