house
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 豕 represents the sound.
roof
hog — The pronunciation of 家 was similar to 豕 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
Through the ages
Appears in
Characters that use 家 as a component, most common first.
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