傢
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jiā · stubborn, obstinate, intransigent

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Shape and proportion

12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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亻Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 傢

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Example sentences

Notice where 傢 sits in each complete thought.

Dà xióng nà jiā huǒ pǎo dào nǎ lǐ qù le?大雄那傢伙跑到哪裡去了?

Where did that Daxiong run off to?

Source: Tatoeba #1661541 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā kě zhēn shì gè ràng rén tǎo yàn de jiā huǒ!他可真是個讓人討厭的傢伙!

What a disagreeable fellow he is!

Source: Tatoeba #10267401 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fú léi dé shì yí gè lǎn duò de jiā huǒ.弗雷德是一個懶惰的傢伙。

Fred is a lazy fellow.

Source: Tatoeba #833256 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hē le jī bēi jiǔ hòu, zhè gè jiā huǒ jiù gǎn jué bú tòng le.喝了幾杯酒後,這個傢伙就感覺不痛了。

After a couple of drinks, the guy was feeling no pain.

Source: Tatoeba #830462 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà wèi zuò jiā yòng guò de jiā jù quán dōu cún fàng zài zhè jiàn bó wù guǎn lǐ.那位作家用過的傢俱全都存放在這間博物館裏。

The writer's furniture is all shown in this museum.

Source: Tatoeba #400644 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà gè fáng jiàn lǐ méi yǒu rèn hé jiā jù.那個房間裡沒有任何傢俱。

There wasn't any furniture in that room.

Source: Tatoeba #907501 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 傢 in context

  1. Say jiā, then recall the core meaning: stubborn, obstinate, intransigent.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 傢 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.