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
家境
jiājìng
family financial situation; family background
Characters in this word
境 jìng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她从不回避自己的家境普通，反而把早年的拮据视为理解社会的入口。 Tā cóng bù huíbì zìjǐ de jiājìng pǔtōng, fǎn'ér bǎ zǎonián de jiéjū shìwéi lǐjiě shèhuì de rùkǒu. She never avoids the fact that her family background is ordinary; instead, she sees her early hardship as an entry point for understanding society.
- 他家境不好，从小就帮家里干活。 Tā jiājìng bù hǎo, cóngxiǎo jiù bāng jiā lǐ gàn huó. His family was poor, and he helped with work at home from childhood.
- 她家境富裕，但从不乱花钱。 Tā jiājìng fùyù, dàn cóngbù luàn huā qián. Her family is well off, but she never spends money carelessly.