屬

Translingual

Han character

屬 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸水田戈 (SEWI) or 尸卜卜戈 (SYYI), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿸尸⿱⿻丨⿱丷八蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲冫丨⿱丿丶蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲𠄠丨𠄠蜀(JK))

Derived characters

• 𭀔, 囑, 孎, 𢺡, 灟, 曯, 欘, 爥, 𬎠, 矚, 䙱, 䌵, 蠾, 𫍘, 䠱, 钃, 𫚇, 𪚌
• 𮫫, 劚, 𣀻, 𣀼, 斸, 𣥀, 𪈺, 𡆜, 𢦇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7821
• Dae Jaweon: page 602, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 982, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C6C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoɡ, *djoɡ) : semantic 㞑 (“tail”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

屬

1. category; type; class

   金屬／金属  ―  jīnshǔ  ―  metal

2. kins folk; dependent; family members

   軍屬／军属  ―  jūnshǔ  ―  family members of soldiers

3. fellows; associates
4. subordinate; subaltern; adjutant; aide
5. to belong to

   不屬於我的東西／不属于我的东西  ―  bù shǔyú wǒ de dōngxi  ―  things that do not belong to me

6. to be under; to be subordinate to

   所屬部門／所属部门  ―  suǒshǔ bùmén  ―  department one is under

   英屬香港／英属香港  ―  Yīngshǔ Xiānggǎng  ―  British Hong Kong

   海南原屬廣東省。 [MSC, trad.]
   海南原属广东省。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hǎinán yuán shǔ Guǎngdōng shěnɡ.

   Hainan was originally under Guangdong province.

7. to be

   如有雷同，純屬巧合 [MSC, trad.]
   如有雷同，纯属巧合 [MSC, simp.]

   rú yǒu léitóng, chún shǔ qiǎohé

   Any similarity is purely coincidental.

8. to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)

   我屬虎，佢屬兔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我属虎，佢属兔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ suk⁶ fu², keoi⁵ suk⁶ tou³.

   I was born in the year of the tiger; he was born in the year of the rabbit.

9. (taxonomy) genus

Synonyms

Compounds

See also

• (Taxonomy) 生物分類學／生物分类学; 域 (yù, “domain”), 界 (jiè, “kingdom”), 門／门 (mén, “phylum”), 綱／纲 (gāng, “class”), 目 (mù, “order”), 科 (kē, “family”), 屬／属 (shǔ, “genus”), 種／种 (zhǒng, “species”) ^{(Category: zh:Taxonomy)}

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

屬

1. ^† to join; to combine
2. ^† to compose; to write
3. ^† to gather; to congregate
4. ^† Alternative form of 囑／嘱 (zhǔ, “to entrust”)
5. ^† Alternative form of 囑／嘱 (zhǔ, “to exhort; to urge”)
6. ^† excuse; justification
7. ^† Alternative form of 矚／瞩 (zhǔ, “to concentrate one's attention on”)
8. ^† to wear; to bear
9. ^† to be related with
10. ^† to follow
11. ^† Alternative form of 注 (zhù, “to pour”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 属)

1. Kyūjitai form of 属

Readings

• Go-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}; ぞく (zoku)^{←ぞく (zoku, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 屬); つく (tsuku, 屬く); つける (tsukeru, 屬ける); つづく (tsuzuku, 屬く); つづける (tsuzukeru, 屬ける); つづる (tsuzuru, 屬る); やから (yakara, 屬)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); まさ (masa); やす (yasu)

Definitions

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC dzyowk).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

屬

Wikisource

屬 (eumhun 무리 속 (muri sok))

1. Hanja form^? of 속 (“class; category; type”).
2. Hanja form^? of 속 (“(biology, taxonomy) a genus”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC tsyowk).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

屬 (eumhun 이을 촉 (ieul chok))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 촉 (“to join; to combine”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

屬: Hán Việt readings: thuộc, chúc, chú
屬: Nôm readings: thuộc, chuộc, chúc

1. chữ Hán form of thuộc (“subordinate to”).
2. Nôm form of chuộc (“to redeem”).

References