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族

Tribe
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingゾク
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 12

Meanings

  1. tribeRtK
  2. family
    アルセスト君の家族が、お行儀よく食べている。Alceste's family is eating with proper manners.tatoeba
    彼は忙しい生活の中で家族と会うことがない。He doesn't see his family in his busy life.tatoeba
  1. race
  2. people
  3. group (of people who share a common feature)

Synonyms

連

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぞく)
俗 · layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk)

Popular Usage

家族貴族

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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banner · direction (方) · compass · direction (方) · reclining · lying down · dart · drop (丶) · heavens

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1307

Compound words

家族かぞく
family
貴族きぞく
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
遺族いぞく
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
一族いちぞく
family; relatives; dependents; household
王族おうぞく
royalty; royal family
皇族こうぞく
imperial family; royalty
豪族ごうぞく
powerful family; powerful clan
種族しゅぞく
race; tribe; ethnic group; species; genus
親族しんぞく
relative; relation; kin
部族ぶぞく
tribe
民族みんぞく
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
氏族しぞく
clan; family
核家族かくかぞく
nuclear family
水族館すいぞくかん
aquarium (building)
大家族だいかぞく
large family; extended family
家族計画かぞくけいかく
family planning
民族自決みんぞくじけつ
self-determination of peoples
民族主義みんぞくしゅぎ
nationalism
亜族あぞく
subgroup (in the periodic table)
姻族いんぞく
in-law
族誅ぞくちゅう
execution of an offender's entire family as a deterrent to others (predominantly in Chinese history)
閥族ばつぞく
clan
蕃族ばんぞく
barbarian tribe
彝族いぞく
Yi people (of China)

On Reading Examples

南アフリカのズールー族は独自の言語を持っている。ぞく
The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.tatoeba
南アメリカにインカ族と呼ばれる人々がいる。ぞく
There are people called Incas in South America.tatoeba
親族達は彼の無罪を確信していた。しんぞく
His relatives were convinced of his innocence.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は扶養家族が多い。
He has a large family.tatoeba
彼は扶養家族が３人いる。
He has three dependents to support.tatoeba
彼は東京にいる私の家族に会いたがっている。
He is longing to see my family in Tokyo.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Tribe, family. 方 (banner) + 矢 (arrow) — people with arrows under one flag: a clan.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 族

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