族
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- 同じ祖先を持つ人々。同じ血統の人々。
- 同じ階層の集団。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
会意。「㫃（布をたらした旗の象形、旅・施・旌に共通する部分）」+「矢」（同じ旗の下に集った軍隊）。「集団」「集まる」を意味する漢語｛族｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
tribe, family
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ゾクElem.
- Nanori (used in names)
- つぎ
- Other languages
- 拼音zu2
- 한글jog
- 한글ju
- Hán-ViệtTộc
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Radical
- 方(ほう)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Unicode
U+65CF
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𭤨矢
Words using this kanji
- 族ぞく（ぞく）同じ祖先を持つ人々。同じ血統の人々。一門、同族、族滅 （ぞく）家柄。或いは、一定の身分や範囲を形づくる同種類のもの、同類の仲間。「華族・貴族・皇族・士族」・「社用族、族議員」（まれな読み方）語義1、2において、事実上の古語として、ぞうとも読む。 （ぞく）学問的分類。種類・系統を同じくするものの集まり。「語族・水族・民族」tribe, race, people, family
- 族長ぞくちょう種族、民族、部族、一族、氏族、家族の長。 旧約聖書でモーゼ以前のイスラエルの先祖。patriarch, head of a family
- 族生ぞくせい植物などが群がって生じること。群生。叢生。(of plants) growing in clusters, growing gregariously
- 族称ぞくしょうかつての国民の身分上の呼称。華族、士族など。hereditary social class (under system in use 1869-1947)
- 族籍ぞくせきone's class (and legal domicile)
- 族滅ぞくめつputting an entire family to death, eradicating a whole family
- 族縁ぞくえんrelative, relation, family tie
- 族誅ぞくちゅうexecution of an offender's entire family as a deterrent to others (predominantly in Chinese history)
- 族議員ぞくぎいんpork-barrel politician, special-interest politician, politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
- 族外婚ぞくがいこんexogamy
- 族内婚ぞくないこんendogamy
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-7- Four Corner
0823.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4h7.3- Heisig
- 1307
- Nelson
- 2090