Chinese symbol for “home”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for home is 家 (jiā), defined as: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “home”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家里 (家裡) | jiā lǐ | home |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 家园 (家園) | jiā yuán | home; homeland |
| 家居 | jiā jū | home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed) |
| 府上 | fǔ shàng | (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; 户 (hù) |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
See also: Japanese symbol for “home”.
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.