Chinese symbol for “family”
家庭
jiā tíng
family; household; 户 (hù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for family is 家庭 (jiā tíng), defined as: family; household; 户 (hù).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “family”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家族 | jiā zú | family; clan |
| 家 | jiā | home; family |
| 门 (門) | mén | gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure |
| 一家 | yī jiā | the whole family; the same family |
| 科 | kē | branch of study; administrative section |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 家庭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 法庭 | fǎ tíng | court of law |
| 开庭 (開庭) | kāi tíng | to begin a (judicial) court session |
| 出庭 | chū tíng | to appear in court |
See also: Japanese symbol for “family”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.