Memory phrase for the Kanji: 家

家

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Meaning house, specialist

Pronunciation

KA, KE
ie, ya

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, bottom: pig 豕 (cf. 豚)

Mnemonic
 
Under a roof (together) with the pigs: Our house.

Radicals

家 house, specialist
宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
豕 pigname of the radical: inoko This radical is also used in this simplified way 亥.
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 Vocabulary

 政治家  せいじか  politician
 家族  かぞく  family, members of a family
 家賃  やちん  rent
 家来  けらい  retainer, retinue, servant
 家出  いえで  running away from home, leaving home
 家内  かない  (hum) wife
 家具  かぐ  furniture
 歴史家  れきしか  historian
 建築家  けんちくか  architect, master builder

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