The family The original Greek word for family denoted an "economic unit," while the Chinese character for family, depicting a pig beneath a roof, similarly shows a place where relatives live together in conjunction with a means of livelihood.
家的聯想事實上，家的希臘原文指的是「經濟單位」，而中文的「家」字，寶蓋頭下一頭豬，也是一種附帶有謀生工具的親族共居之處。