JLPT N4 kanji · Chapter 1

家 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

house; family

On
カka ケke
Kun
いえie やya うちuchi

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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家10 strokes

How to write 家: stroke order

家 has 10 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

家 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 家 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 家

The parts 家 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 宀

    Radical

  • 豕

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JLPT N4 kanji · Chapter 1