race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Radical: 方 HSK 6 g, q ideographic

Components & Etymology

族 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 族

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 族.

一族
yī zú
social group
三族
sān zú
主族
zhǔ zú
main group
京族
jīng zú
Vietnamese ethnic group in south China
亲族
qīn zú
relatives
人族
rén zú
佤族
wǎ zú
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
侗族
dòng zú
傣族
dǎi zú
僮族
zhuàng zú
old term for 壯族|壮族, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
势族
shì zú
influential family
华族
huá zú
noble family

Related characters (radical 方)

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