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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “household”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 (戶) | hù | a household; door |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; 户 (hù) |
| 住户 (住戶) | zhù hù | household; inhabitant |
| 门 (門) | mén | gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure |
| 居家 | jū jiā | to live at home; to stay at home |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; 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.