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.
我家离学校很近，走路只要十分钟。
wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn jìn， zǒulù zhǐyào shí fēnzhōng。
My home is very close to the school — it only takes ten minutes on foot.
这条街上有三家咖啡店，我最喜欢最小的那家。
zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu sān jiā kāfēidiàn， wǒ zuì xǐhuān zuì xiǎo de nà jiā。
There are three coffee shops on this street; I like the smallest one the most.
Words with 家
良家
liáng jiā
respectable family; decent family
国家元首
guó jiā yuán shǒu
head of state
家小
jiā xiǎo
wife and children
洒家
sǎ jiā
(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
公家
gōng jiā
the public
化学家
huà xué jiā
chemist
舞蹈家
wǔ dǎo jiā
dancer
家畜
jiā chù
domestic animal
家私
jiā sī
family property
作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā
composer
家族
jiā zú
family
医家
yī jiā
healer