家
jiā
home
family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
roof (宀) + pig (豕) = home and family
In ancient China, keeping a pig under the family roof was a mark of settled domestic life and prosperity. 豕 mainly contributes the sound jiā here, but the image of livestock sheltered at home still captures something true about what a household meant.
Words with 家
哲学家
zhé xué jiā
philosopher
臧克家
zāng kè jiā
Zang Kejia (1905-2004), Chinese poet
运动家
yùn dòng jiā
athlete
过家家
guò jiā jiā
to play house
道家
dào jiā
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
道德家
dào dé jiā
Daoist
邻家
lín jiā
next-door neighbor; neighboring household
酉阳土家族苗族自治县
yǒu yáng tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn
Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
酒家
jiǔ jiā
restaurant
丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
医学家
yī xué jiā
medical scientist
医学专家
yī xué zhuān jiā
medical expert