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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

Kunyomi: いえ, や, うち

Onyomi: カ, ケ

Composition: 宀 豕

家

Radical

Radical: 宀

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

家族(かぞく)   family

家内(かない)   wife

家具(かぐ)   furniture

作曲家(さっきょくか)   composer

作家(さっか)   writer, artist

徳川家(とくがわけ)   the House of Tokugawa

家(いえ)   house

家出する(いえでする)   run away from home

家賃(やちん)   rent

一軒家(いっけんや)   free standing home

大家(おおや)   landlord

*家(うち)   house, family

Onyomi Examples

家 (カ) -ist, -er

家屋 (カオク) house, building

研究家 (ケンキュウカ) researcher, student (of)

活動家 (カツドウカ) activist

家 (ケ) house, family

家来 (ケライ) retainer, vassal, follower

本家 (ホンケ) head house, main family, founder (of a certain school, style, etc.), originator, birthplace

公家 (クゲ) court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court

Kunyomi Examples

家 (いえ) house, residence, dwelling, family, household, lineage, family name

家主 (やぬし) landlord, landlady, house owner, home owner, head of the household

小家 (こいえ) small and simple home

建ち家 (たちいえ) house, building

屋 (や) shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof

家内 (かない) (my) wife, inside the home, one's family

長屋 (ながや) tenement house, row house

町家 (まちや) machiya, traditional wooden townhouse, tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front), merchant's house, merchant's family

家 (うち) one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household, house

内 (うち) inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor

お家 (おうち) your home, your family, their home, their family, (my) home

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