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| 家 jiā |
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| Explanation: family; home |
| 家庭 family 家乡 one's native place |
“家”的上半部一间屋（ ），屋檐下还有一只猪（ ）。在中国古代社会里，人们在家里养猪来维持生活。所以猪和人生活在一起，就代表了“家”的概念。当然，现在谁也不在家里养猪了，但可不要忘记猪曾经和我们同住一个屋檐下啊！
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This is an associative character comprised of two parts: the upper portion relates to the meaning of “house” （ ） , while below the roof there is a pig （ ）. In China, as in many other ancient societies, swine, perhaps the earliest of all domesticated animals, along with dogs, were kept close to home. Therefore, a pig residing in or under a house became, through logical association, a symbol of the family’s dwelling place, its “home”, and by extension and permutation, the family home became the family itself.
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