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
家乡
jiāxiāng
hometown
Characters in this word
乡 xiāng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
Example phrases
- 我想家乡。 Wǒ xiǎng jiāxiāng. I miss my hometown.
- 家乡很美。 Jiāxiāng hěn měi. My hometown is beautiful.
- 他回家乡了。 Tā huí jiāxiāng le. He returned to his hometown.