The Chinese word **自家** (zìjiā) is a compound noun formed by combining the character **自** (zì), meaning "self," with **家** (jiā), meaning "home" or "family." This combination fuses the core ideas of "self" and "household" to create a term that broadly signifies "one's own family," "one's own home," or, by extension, "oneself" in a colloquial or dialectal sense, often implying a sense of belonging, privacy, and self-sufficiency, as seen in phrases like *自家煮* (cooked at home) or *自家制* (homemade).