Japanese symbol for “home”
家庭
かてい
Romaji: katei
home; household; family; hearth
In Japanese, home is 家庭, read かてい (katei).
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.
Meanings
- n home; household; family; hearth
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “home”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 実家 | じっか jikka | (one's parents') home |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 本場 | ほんば honba | home (of something); place famous for its ...; center (e.g. of manufacture) |
| 国 | くに kuni | home (i.e. hometown, home country) |
| 一家 | いっか ikka | a family; a household; a home |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家族 | かぞく kazoku | family |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 作家 | さっか sakka | author; writer; novelist |
| 実家 | じっか jikka | (one's parents') home |
| 農家 | のうか nouka | farmer; farming family |
| 庭園 | ていえん teien | garden; park |
| 中庭 | なかにわ nakaniwa | courtyard; quadrangle; middle court |
| 校庭 | こうてい koutei | schoolyard; school playground; school grounds |
See also: Chinese symbol for “home”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.