富家 (fù jiā) — wealthy family, rich household

Definition

noun

wealthy familyrich household

Measure word · 个

富家。
Zhè ge fù jiā zài chéng lǐ yǒu hěn duō fáng chǎn.
This wealthy family owns a lot of property in the city.
富家，。
Tā cóng xiǎo zài fù jiā zhǎng dà, què cóng bú xuàn yào.
She grew up in a wealthy family but never shows off.
富家。
Nà chǎng cí shàn wǎn yàn xī yǐn le xǔ duō běn dì fù jiā.
That charity gala attracted many local wealthy families.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

家jiāhousehold

富 means rich and 家 means household, giving a wealthy family.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀畐富

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

畐

畐fú富fù

Same sound today

富 pairs 宀, a roof-shaped part, with 畐, which gives the sound fú.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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