KANAE
Character · Places

家

いえ ie

house, family

Composition

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Origin

The pig 豕 under the roof 宀: the domestic animal within the dwelling, image of the household.

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 225 June rains — facing the swollen river, two houses.
  2. 287 Let a house be designed for summer.
  3. 296 A house that does not leak, meals that end hunger: that is enough.

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