家具
jiājù · HSK 3
furniture
🛋️🪑 家具 = home (家) + tool/utensil (具) — household tools = furniture
家 means home or family; 具 means tool, utensil, or implement. Together they form the category of household implements: tables, chairs, beds, sofas — the movable equipment of a home.
家 — roof 宀 + pig 豕
Originally a pictograph of a pig under a roof, since domesticated pigs were kept in or under the home in ancient China. Over time the meaning broadened from 'household' to 'family,' and by extension 'home' or a specialist (as in 专家, 'expert').