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
家具
jiājù
furniture
Characters in this word
具 jù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我买家具。 Wǒ mǎi jiājù. I buy furniture.
- 家具很新。 Jiājù hěn xīn. The furniture is very new.
- 这里卖家具。 Zhèlǐ mài jiājù. They sell furniture here.