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大家

dàjiā

everyone

A group holding hands together
Memory picture

Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

家 jiā

Strokes
10
Radical
宀 — roof
Made of
宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 大家好! Dà jiā hǎo! Hi, everyone!
  • 大家一起吃饭。 Dà jiā yì qǐ chī fàn. Everyone eats together.
  • 谢谢大家。 Xiè xie dà jiā. Thank you all.

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