许慎在《说文解字》中把“家”看作是形声字,认为它是从豭省声。段玉裁则认为“家”是会意字,应该归入豕部。同时还认为“家”的本义是猪圈,用以指人的居所则是词义引伸的结果。段氏对“家”形体构造的分析是正确的,但他在分析其本义时则是不当的。从造字的文化心理、民族审美心理的角度看,“家”是从宀从豕的间接会意字,其本义是人的居所。 Xu Shen in “Shuo Wen Jie Zi” in the “home” as a phonetic form, that it is from the provincial voice. Duan Yu cut is that “home” is intended to word, should be classified as the Department of Ministry. At the same time, it is also believed that the original meaning of “home” is the sty, the result of the meaning extension of the meaning of the place of residence. Duan’s analysis of the form of “home” is correct, but he is not appropriate in analyzing his original meaning. From the cultural psychology of making characters, the national aesthetic psychology point of view, “family” is the indirect meaning word from 宀 from 豕, its original meaning is the dwelling place of human beings.