家

Meaning

House, home, family · casa, hogar, familia

Readings

• On (音読み): カ・ケ
• Kun (訓読み): いえ・や・うち

Example words

• 家（いえ）— house
• 家族（かぞく）— family
• 家に帰る（うちにかえる）— to go home

Structure

Radical 宀 (うかんむり · Roof) · 10 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

いえ is the building (casa); うち is home and your in-group: うちの会社 = my company, うちの子 = my kid. カ in compounds (家族, 作家 writer), や in 家賃 (rent). A pig (豕) under a roof (宀).