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
家族
jiāzú
family; clan
Characters in this word
族 zú
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个家族几代人经营药材生意，对地方经济影响深远。 Zhè ge jiāzú jǐ dài rén jīngyíng yàocái shēngyi, duì dìfāng jīngjì yǐngxiǎng shēnyuǎn. This family has run a medicinal-herb business for generations and has had a deep influence on the local economy.
- 春节的时候，整个家族的人都会聚在一起吃团圆饭。 Chūnjié de shíhou, zhěnggè jiāzú de rén dōu huì jù zài yìqǐ chī tuányuánfàn. At Spring Festival the whole extended family gathers for a reunion dinner.
- 他们家族的老宅已经有两百年历史了。 Tāmen jiāzú de lǎozhái yǐjīng yǒu liǎng bǎi nián lìshǐ le. Their family's old house is already two hundred years old.