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Chinese symbol for “household”

人家
rén jiā
household; dwelling; family; sb else's house

The closest CC-CEDICT match for household is 人家 (rén jiā), defined as: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be.

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

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “household”

WordPinyinMeaning
户 (戶)hùa household; door
家庭jiā tíngfamily; household; 户 (hù)
住户 (住戶)zhù hùhousehold; inhabitant
门 (門)méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
居家jū jiāto live at home; to stay at home

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人家.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family

See also: Japanese symbol for “household”.

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.

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