Basic meaning:
Home, a common word in modern Chinese, pronounced jiā, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its original meaning is house and residence, and it is extended to settlement and settlement. Home can also be extended to the house of a family, the interior and residence of government agencies and troops.
In Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty, there were two ways to write "home". One is that the tapir in "dog" (a hieroglyph of a house) is male (with prominent male genitalia in the abdomen), and the other is a simpler way of writing, which does not emphasize gender, and the tapir that highlights male genitalia should be a hieroglyph of "dog". The tapir with weak tonality is very economical.
Extended data
Explanation of word combinations:
1, hometown
[jiā xiāng]？
A place where one's family has lived for generations.
2. Parents
【jiā zhǎng】？
Patriarchal rivals.
3. Everyone
【dà jiā】？
Famous expert: calligrapher. Everyone writes.
4. My home
【wǒ jiā】？
Call yourself.
5. hometown
【lǎo jiā】？
Those who have a family and a career outside are called their hometown.