家 = 宀 + 豕

家 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “house”. It is built from 宀 (roof) and 豕 (pig). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 580. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: house
RTK frame: 580
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): カ, ケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): いえ, や, うち
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: дом
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 家 house

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 家

How to find 家 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “roof” + “pig”. 家 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 家 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.