Chinese Symbol Family

Chinese symbol for family "家" is a very important element in Chinese traditional culture. The unity and peace are critical to any Chinese family. In this section, we are introducing some Chinese symbols relevant to family words or family occasions, such as Chinese symbols for father, mother, brother...

Chinese symbols for family have only one version, which means that people from all Chinese speaking regions including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore are writing Chinese family symbols in the same way.

so 家 "family" + 庭 "courtyard" = 家庭 "family"

In Chinese philosophy, people like celebrating the unity in a family. In tradition, the more family members in a family, the more prosperous that family is. Some symbol phrases were all invented to express such a cultural philosophy.