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
家庭
jiātíng
family
Characters in this word
庭 tíng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 廷 courtyard
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我爱家庭。 Wǒ ài jiātíng. I love family.
- 家庭很重要。 Jiātíng hěn zhòngyào. Family is very important.
- 这是家庭照片。 Zhè shì jiātíng zhàopiàn. This is a family photo.