Chinese symbol for “housework”
家务
jiā wù
Traditional: 家務
household duties; housework
The closest CC-CEDICT match for housework is 家务 (jiā wù), defined as: household duties; housework.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “housework”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 家务.
| 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 |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “housework”.
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.