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jiā

ei / uchi / ke

가

家 is the single character that means family in Chinese and Japanese.

It can also mean home or household depending on context.

Hanging this on your wall suggests that you put “family first.”

Pronunciation varies in Japanese depending on context. When pronounced “uchi” in Japanese, it means home, but when pronounced “ke,” it means family.

Note that there is an alternate form of this character. It has an additional radical on the left side but no difference in meaning or pronunciation. The version shown above is the most universal, and is also ancient/traditional. The image shown to the right is only for reference.

Any success can not compensate for failure in the home

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suǒ yǒu de chéng gōng dōu wú fǎ bǔ cháng jiā tíng de shī bài

Any success can not compensate for failure in the home Scroll

所有的成功都無法補償家庭的失敗 is a Chinese proverb that can be translated into English as “No success can compensate for failure in the home.”

Also, the word “home” can be exchanged with “family.”

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
家 see styles	jiā jia1 chia chi ち	More info & calligraphy: Family / Home home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個\|个[ge4] (suffix) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See ん家) 's house; 's home; (surname) Karyū Family; home; school, sect; genus.
家庭 see styles	jiā tíng jia1 ting2 chia t`ing chia ting katei / kate かてい	More info & calligraphy: Family / Household family; household; CL:戶\|户[hu4],個\|个[ge4] home; household; family; hearth household
惣領 see styles	souryou / soryo そうりょう	More info & calligraphy: First Born (1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (archaism) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (archaism) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period); (place-name, surname) Souryō
釋迦牟尼释迦牟尼 see styles	shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni	More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama) 釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.
房 see styles	fáng fang2 fang bou / bo ぼう	房 Custom Scroll house; room; CL:間\|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines) (1) chamber; room; cell (prison); atrium; (2) (See 坊・2) home of a monk; monk; (3) {astron} (See 二十八宿,蒼竜・そうりょう・3) Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Bou House, room. The rooms for monks and nuns in a monastery or nunnery.
お宅 see styles	otaku おたく	お宅 Custom Scroll (1) (honorific or respectful language) your house; your home; your family; (2) (honorific or respectful language) your husband; (3) (honorific or respectful language) your organization; (pn,adj-no) (4) (honorific or respectful language) you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)
一家 see styles	yī jiā yi1 jia1 i chia ikka(p); ikke いっか(P); いっけ	一家 Custom Scroll the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group (1) a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family; (2) (one's own) style; school; (3) gang; (yakuza) family; (surname) Hitotsuya one school
世帯 see styles	setai せたい shotai しょたい	世帯 Custom Scroll household; home; family; housekeeping
俗家 see styles	sú jiā su2 jia1 su chia zokke	俗家 Custom Scroll layman; layperson; original home of a monk secular family
八覺八觉 see styles	bā jué ba1 jue2 pa chüeh hachikaku	八覺 Custom Scroll The eight (wrong) perceptions or thoughts, i.e. desire; hate; vexation (with others); 親里 home-sickness; patriotism (or thoughts of the country's welfare); dislike of death; ambition for one's clan or family; slighting or being rude to others. 華嚴經 13.
家主 see styles	jiā zhǔ jia1 zhu3 chia chu yanushi(p); ienushi; iearuji(ok) やぬし(P); いえぬし; いえあるじ(ok)	家主 Custom Scroll head of a household (1) (やぬし, いえぬし only) landlord; landlady; (2) house owner; home owner; head of the household kulapati, the head of a family.
家内 see styles	kanai(p); yauchi(ok) かない(P); やうち(ok)	家内 Custom Scroll (1) (かない only) (humble language) (my) wife; (2) inside the home; one's family; (surname) Yanai
家宴 see styles	jiā yàn jia1 yan4 chia yen	家宴 Custom Scroll dinner party held in one's home; family reunion dinner
家用 see styles	jiā yòng jia1 yong4 chia yung kayou / kayo かよう	家用 Custom Scroll home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money (noun - becomes adjective with の) domestic uses
家訓家训 see styles	jiā xùn jia1 xun4 chia hsün kakun; kakin かくん; かきん	家訓 Custom Scroll instructions to one's children; family precepts family precepts; family motto; rule of the home family precepts
家風家风 see styles	jiā fēng jia1 feng1 chia feng kafuu; iekaze / kafu; iekaze かふう; いえかぜ	家風 Custom Scroll (1) family tradition; (2) (いえかぜ only) (archaism) wind blowing from the direction of one's home family style
居士 see styles	jū shì ju1 shi4 chü shih koji こじ	居士 Custom Scroll (1) {Buddh} (See 大姉・だいし) grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); (2) private-sector scholar 倶欏鉢底; 迦羅越 kulapati. A chief, head of a family; squire, landlord. A householder who practises Buddhism at home without becoming a monk. The female counterpart is 女居士. The 居士傳 is a compilation giving the biography of many devout Buddhists.
屋企 see styles	wū qǐ wu1 qi3 wu ch`i wu chi	屋企 Custom Scroll home; family (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 家[jia1]
山外 see styles	shān wài shan1 wai4 shan wai sangai さんがい	山外 Custom Scroll {Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect.
庭訓庭训 see styles	tíng xùn ting2 xun4 t`ing hsün ting hsün teikin / tekin ていきん	庭訓 Custom Scroll tuition within family; education from father (archaism) home education
御宅 see styles	otaku おたく	御宅 Custom Scroll (1) (honorific or respectful language) your house; your home; your family; (2) (honorific or respectful language) your husband; (3) (honorific or respectful language) your organization; (pn,adj-no) (4) (honorific or respectful language) you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)
我家 see styles	wagie; waie; wagae わぎえ; わいえ; わがえ	我家 Custom Scroll (archaism) (See 我が家) one's house; one's home; one's family
所帯 see styles	shotai しょたい	所帯 Custom Scroll household; home; family; housekeeping
探親探亲 see styles	tàn qīn tan4 qin1 t`an ch`in tan chin	探親 Custom Scroll to go home to visit one's family
旧家 see styles	kyuuka / kyuka きゅうか	旧家 Custom Scroll (1) old family; old-established family; (2) one's old home; one's childhood home
町家 see styles	machiya まちや	町家 Custom Scroll (1) townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; (2) tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family; (surname) Machiya
町屋 see styles	machiya まちや	町屋 Custom Scroll (1) townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; (2) tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family; (place-name, surname) Machiya
總領 see styles	souryou / soryo そうりょう	總領 Custom Scroll (out-dated kanji) (1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (archaism) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (archaism) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
自家 see styles	zì jiā zi4 jia1 tzu chia jika じか	自家 Custom Scroll oneself; one's own family (1) one's own house; (can act as adjective) (2) own; personal; autologous one's own [home]
閨門 see styles	keimon / kemon けいもん	閨門 Custom Scroll (1) bedroom entrance; bedroom; (2) (See 家庭) home; family life; household; conjugal relationship

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Family Home	家 / 傢家	ei / uchi / ke	jiā / jia1 / jia	chia
Any success can not compensate for failure in the home	所有的成功都無法補償家庭的失敗所有的成功都无法补偿家庭的失败		suǒ yǒu de chéng gōng dōu wú fǎ bǔ cháng jiā tíng de shī bài suo3 you3 de cheng2 gong1 dou1 wu2 fa3 bu3 chang2 jia1 ting2 de shi1 bai4 suo you de cheng gong dou wu fa bu chang jia ting de shi bai	so yu te ch`eng kung tou wu fa pu ch`ang chia t`ing te shih pai so yu te cheng kung tou wu fa pu chang chia ting te shih pai
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.

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