TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
家
家 ＝ 宀 ＋ 豕
ㄐㄧㄚ · jiā
noun — home, family; suffix — -ist
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof
豕義a pig
A pig (豕) under the roof (宀): livestock inside the house — a household. The expert suffix moved in later: 畫家, the one at home in painting.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋頂下，豬在睡——這戶人家成了。
Under the roof (宀), the pig asleep (豕) — a household made.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)家庭、家— home, household常用
→大家— everyone — the whole house
→畫家、專家— the -ist suffix — at home in a craft
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
冢zhǒngthe lookalike — a dot more, and the roof becomes a grave mound室＝ ＋ 至shìthe roof over an arrival, not a pig