家 — house, home, family
いえ
家
house
いえ
U+5BB6
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #133
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #541
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- house
- home
- family
- professional
Readings
- On'yomi
- か ka け ke
- Kun'yomi
- や ya いえ ie うち uchi
word
いえ ie Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
や ya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
け ke On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
うち uchi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
73 wordsEach dot is a word containing 家: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 43 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Used as component in (2)
Compound ideograph (会意). 宀 (roof) over 豕 (pig, now simplified). A pig under a roof — a house or home. Livestock beneath the dwelling signified stability.