宀 is a roof and 豕 is a pig. So an animal under a roof is a home i.e food to eat.
Angelo Giovannoni
4 years ago
The way that helps me remember Jia is by first looking at the radical for roof, and then noticing that each stroke towards the bottom of the character can represent a different family member living under the same roof.
Dylan Stringer
4 years ago
It reminds me of many individuals under the same roof
Gloria Tsang
4 years ago
There are many parts to a family or a home, just like there are many parts to this symbol; but they all make up one united unit.
Hugo Obori
4 years ago
It looks like a family, as there is a roof above the people who are the individual strings.
Tengis Otgonbaatar
4 years ago
Under a roof one line is split, making other lines. Like a family tree.
Miriyam Kuanysh
3 years ago
The character on the top means roof, which associates with family. The character at the bottom looks like a family tree.
Dulce Rodriguez
3 years ago
The top part of the character looks like a roof for the bottom part.
Ariel Spencer
3 years ago
The top is like a little roof with a chimney sheltering the family below.
Danial Tajwer
2 years ago
It looks like there are a bunch of tentacles coming out from underneath the “roof” radical, and this reminds me of the interconnectedness and messiness that I associate with family.
Luciana Emerson
2 years ago
I look at it like a home because homes house families.
Luis Alvarado
2 years ago
It has a roof radical which indicates a home which leads to family.
Jinu Shim
2 years ago
There is a roof and many people under it meaning it is a house.
Tu Quynh Vuu
2 years ago
The character has a roof radical, representing a house, and underneath it looks like branches, so a family.
Seung Yoon Lee
2 years ago
It looks like a people under the roof so it is easier to remember as a family in house.
Vladimir Kartamyshev
1 year ago
This character reminds me of a teapot (used within a family).
shahd
1 year ago
it has the roof character and inside its all connected like a family in a home
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Julia Hristov
9 months ago
I see it as a roof with the family members underneath. Each stroke under is connected, as a family is through blood.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Samira Salamova
9 months ago
The radical looks like a roof and the character looks like people under a roof. That is how we can remember this character
Rinal
9 months ago
whole family under the roof
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
gate
4 months ago
when I look at the character the top slant reminds me of the shingles on houses, while the bottom half of the character makes me think of the shingles as well but side by side.a
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Sagrario
4 months ago
For me, it looks like a little house, the thing that its on the top, it seems like the thing that represents, that is a roof, so in total it looks like a little house, like protecting a family.
Looks like a family tree
宀 is a roof and 豕 is a pig. So an animal under a roof is a home i.e food to eat.
The way that helps me remember Jia is by first looking at the radical for roof, and then noticing that each stroke towards the bottom of the character can represent a different family member living under the same roof.
It reminds me of many individuals under the same roof
There are many parts to a family or a home, just like there are many parts to this symbol; but they all make up one united unit.
It looks like a family, as there is a roof above the people who are the individual strings.
Under a roof one line is split, making other lines. Like a family tree.
The character on the top means roof, which associates with family. The character at the bottom looks like a family tree.
The top part of the character looks like a roof for the bottom part.
The top is like a little roof with a chimney sheltering the family below.
It looks like there are a bunch of tentacles coming out from underneath the “roof” radical, and this reminds me of the interconnectedness and messiness that I associate with family.
I look at it like a home because homes house families.
It has a roof radical which indicates a home which leads to family.
There is a roof and many people under it meaning it is a house.
The character has a roof radical, representing a house, and underneath it looks like branches, so a family.
It looks like a people under the roof so it is easier to remember as a family in house.
This character reminds me of a teapot (used within a family).
it has the roof character and inside its all connected like a family in a home
I see it as a roof with the family members underneath. Each stroke under is connected, as a family is through blood.
The radical looks like a roof and the character looks like people under a roof. That is how we can remember this character
whole family under the roof
when I look at the character the top slant reminds me of the shingles on houses, while the bottom half of the character makes me think of the shingles as well but side by side.a
For me, it looks like a little house, the thing that its on the top, it seems like the thing that represents, that is a roof, so in total it looks like a little house, like protecting a family.