士族

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Chinese

scholar; warrior; knight
race; nationality; ethnicity
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
 
trad. (士族)
simp. #(士族)

Pronunciation


Noun

士族

  1. (historical) powerful aristocratic clan

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (士族):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ぞく
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
 士族 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ぞく) (shizoku

  1. (historical) a social class in the Empire of Japan composed of former samurai

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

士族 (sajok) (hangeul 사족)

  1. hanja form? of 사족 (a powerful aristocratic family or a scion of such a family)