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家务

jiāwù

housework; chores

A person sweeping the floor
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

  • 我做家务。 Wǒ zuò jiāwù. I do housework.
  • 家务很多。 Jiāwù hěn duō. There is a lot of housework.
  • 她不爱家务。 Tā bù ài jiāwù. She does not like chores.

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