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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
族 (Kangxi radical 70, 方 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人人大 (YSOOK ), four-corner 08234 , composition ⿸𭤨 矢 )
Derived characters
嗾 , 㵀 , 䃚 , 鏃 (镞 ), 瘯 , 簇 , 蔟 , 鷟 (𬸦 ), 𢳇 , 𪼕 , 𨄕 , 𩻀 , 𪟒 , 𢩜 , 𡻬 , 𫦓 , 𢄧 , 𢳈 , 𧐈 , 𩀥 , 𩺯
Further reading
Kangxi Dictionary: page 484 , character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13661
Dae Jaweon: page 846, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2181, character 1
Unihan data for U+65CF
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
蔟
*sʰoːɡs, *sʰoːɡ
嗾
*sʰoːɡs, *soːʔ, *soːɡs
鷟
*zroːɡ
鏃
*ʔsoːɡ
瘯
*sʰoːɡ
簇
*sʰoːɡ
族
*zoːɡ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ): 㫃 ( “ flag ” ) + 矢 ( “ arrow ” ) .
Pronunciation 1
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : zú (zu2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄗㄨˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : quo2 / cu2 / qu2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : зў (zw, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zuk6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : duuk5
Gan (Wiktionary ) : cuh6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chhu̍k
(Hailu , HRS ) : cugˋ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : cug6
Jin (Wiktionary ) : cueh5
Northern Min (KCR ) : cù
Eastern Min (BUC ) : cŭk
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : cho̍k / cha̍k
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : zog8
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 8 zoq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : cou6
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
族
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zú
Middle Chinese
‹ dzuwk ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁok/
English
clan
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Definitions
族
clan ; family clan ; tribe
宗族 ― zōngzú ― clan
ethnic group ; nationality
民族 ― mínzú ― ethnicity
藏族 ― Zàngzú ― Tibetans
group or class of things with common features
啃老族 ― kěnlǎozú ― boomerang kids (literally, “people relying on elderly parents”)
低頭族 / 低头族 ― dītóuzú ― smartphone zombie (literally, “people with heads lowered”)
士大夫 之 族 ,曰 師 曰 弟子 云 者 ,則 群 聚 而 笑 之 。 士大夫 之 族 ,曰 师 曰 弟子 云 者 ,则 群 聚 而 笑 之 。 From: circa 9th century, Han Yu , 師說 Shìdàfū zhī zú , yuē shī yuē dìzǐ yún zhě, zé qún jù ér xiào zhī. If men of the intelligent class apply to themselves the expression of ‘teacher’ and ‘pupil,’ people will flock to laugh at them.
( historical ) to impose a death penalty on an offender and his entire family , and even on the families of his mother and wife
( literary ) to gather
自 而 治 天下 ,雲氣 不 待 族 而 雨 ,草木 不 待 黃 而 落 ,日月 之 光 益 以 荒 矣 。 自 而 治 天下 ,云气 不 待 族 而 雨 ,草木 不 待 黄 而 落 ,日月 之 光 益 以 荒 矣 。 From: Zhuangzi , circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE Zì ér zhì tiānxià, yúnqì bù dài zú ér yǔ, cǎomù bù dài huáng ér luò, rìyuè zhī guāng yì yǐ huāng yǐ. According to your government of the world, the vapours of the clouds, before they were collected, would descend in rain; the herbs and trees would shed their leaves before they became yellow; and the light of the sun and moon would hasten to extinction
( Taiwan , specifically) the Taiwanese indigenous peoples
族 語/ 族 语 ― zú yǔ ― tribal languages, specifically Taiwanese indigenous languages
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
族
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of 奏 ( zòu )
文 久 而 滅 ,節 族 久 而 絶 。 文 久 而 灭 ,节 族 久 而 绝 。 From: Xunzi , c. 3rd century BCE Wén jiǔ ér miè, jié zòu jiǔ ér jué. Culture persists for a long time and then is extinguished; regulations persist for a long time and then cease.
親 莫 親 於 骨肉 ,節 族 之 屬 連 也 。 亲 莫 亲 于 骨肉 ,节 族 之 属 连 也 。 From: Huainanzi , 2nd century BCE Qīn mò qīn yú gǔròu, jié zòu zhī shǔ lián yě. (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Japanese
Kanji
族
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
tribe
family
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 族 (MC dzuwk ).
Pronunciation
Noun
族( ぞく ) • (zoku )
( chemistry ) group ( column in the periodic table )
( taxonomy ) tribe
( slang ) ellipsis of 暴走族
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 族 – see the following entry.
(This term, 族 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 族 (MC dzuwk ).
Recorded as Middle Korean 쪽〮 (Yale : ccwok ) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운 ), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 𫞀 /족〮 ( cwók ) (Yale : cwok ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
族 (eumhun 겨레 족 ( gyeore jok ) )
hanja form? of 족 ( “ clan ; tribe ; ethnic group ” )
hanja form? of 족 ( “ group or class of things with common features ” )
Compounds
가족 (家族 , gajok )각족 (殼族 , gakjok )거족 (擧族 , geojok )귀족 (貴族 , gwijok )귀족원 (貴族院 , gwijogwon )대가족 (大家族 , daegajok )동족 (同族 , dongjok )망족 (望族 , mangjok )모족 (毛族 , mojok )목족 (睦族 , mokjok )묘족 (苗族 , myojok )민족 (民族 , minjok )민족주의 (民族主義 , minjokjuui )반족 (班族 , banjok )방향족 (芳香族 , banghyangjok )벌족 (閥族 , beoljok )부족 (部族 , bujok )수족관 (水族館 , sujokgwan )씨족 (氏族 , ssijok )어족 (語族 , eojok )왕족 (王族 , wangjok )외족 (外族 , oejok )유족 (遺族 , yujok )이민족 (異民族 , iminjok )족당 (族黨 , jokdang )족대부 (族大父 , jokdaebu )족류 (族類 , jongnyu )족보 (族譜 , jokbo )족속 (族屬 , joksok )족손 (族孫 , jokson )족숙 (族叔 , joksuk )족장 (族長 , jokjang )족조부 (族祖父 , jokjobu )족형제 (族兄弟 , jokhyeongje )종족 (種族 , jongjok )지방족 (脂肪族 , jibangjok )친족 (親族 , chinjok )핵가족 (核家族 , haekgajok )혈족 (血族 , hyeoljok )호족 (豪族 , hojok )황족 (皇族 , hwangjok )회족 (回族 , hoejok )
Etymology 2
Hanja
族 (eumhun 풍류 가락 주 ( pungnyu garak ju ) )
( archaic ) hanja form? of 주 ( “ to perform music ” )
alternative form of 嗾
Synonyms
( to perform music ) : 奏 ( 주 ( ju ) )
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
族 : Hán Việt readings: tộc (昨 ( tạc ) 木 ( mộc ) 切 ( thiết ) )
族 : Nôm readings: tọc , tộc , sộc
chữ Hán form of tộc ( “ family name ; clan ” )
chữ Nôm form of tọc ( “ only used in certain compounds such as 族脈 ( tọc mạch ) ” )
Compounds
References