家

jia̅ = ji + a1

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

jia̅ = ji + a1

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]

家 = 宀 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.

家 character breakdown

家
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖
- 豕
  - 一
  - 𧰨
    - 丿
    - 亅
    - ㇏

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.

豕

shǐ = sh + Ø3

hog / swine

豕 = 一 + 𧰨 : Someone has killed the swine (豕) in the space station's living room (Ø3). While it is floating in the middle of the air Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the crime scene. He doesn't notice the caterpillar (𧰨) suspiciously hiding from his eyes in a huge flute (一) floating at the top of the room.

Characters with 家 as component

家

傢

jia̅ = ji + a1

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

稼

jià = ji + a4

to sow grain / (farm) crop

稼 = 禾 + 家 : Joan of Arc (ji) chosen the ashram as her new home. In the ashram's bathroom (a4) she hung up a home sweet home picture (家) and sows grain (稼) for her morning cereals (禾).

嫁

jià = ji + a4

(of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc)

嫁 = 女 + 家 : Bessie Coleman (女) is going to marry (嫁) Joan of Arc (ji) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) where they'll later live. They already put a "home sweet home" frame (家) on the wall.

镓

鎵

jia̅ = ji + a1

gallium (chemistry)

幏

jià = ji + a4

cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups