家 house

Also: home

On'yomi
カ、ケ
Kun'yomi
いえ、や、うち
Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
家 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A roof 宀 with a pig 豕 living underneath it — in the old days, that was a house.

A common word

  • 家族 かぞく family

Example sentences

  • もううちにかえります。

    I'm going home now.

  • あにのいえはえきのちかくです。

    My older brother's house is near the station.

Kanji that share a part

宀 is its radical. 44 kanji share it in all.

豕 is a component. 10 kanji share it in all.

  • 象 elephant N2
  • 豪 powerful N2
  • 逐 pursue N1
  • 啄 peck N1
  • 豚 pig N1
  • 琢 polish N1
  • 遂 accomplish N1
  • 隊 regiment N1