族

Stroke order

族 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人人大 (YSOOK), four-corner 0823₄, composition ⿸𭤨矢)

• 嗾, 㵀, 䃚, 鏃(镞), 瘯, 簇, 蔟, 鷟(𬸦), 𢳇, 𪼕, 𨄕, 𩻀, 𪟒, 𢩜, 𡻬, 𫦓, 𢄧, 𢳈, 𧐈, 𩀥, 𩺯

• 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

Historical forms of the character 族
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 㫃 (“flag”) + 矢 (“arrow”).

族

1. clan; family clan; tribe

   宗族  ―  zōngzú  ―  clan

2. ethnic group; nationality

   民族  ―  mínzú  ―  ethnicity

   藏族  ―  Zàngzú  ―  Tibetans

3. 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.

4. (historical) to impose a death penalty on an offender and his entire family, and even on the families of his mother and wife

   • 有敢偶語《詩》、《書》者棄市。以古非今者族。
     有敢偶语《诗》、《书》者弃市。以古非今者族。

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yǒu gǎn ǒuyǔ “Shī”, “Shū” zhě qìshì. Yǐ gǔ fēi jīn zhě zú.

     Those who in conversation dare to quote the old songs and records should be publicly executed; those who use old precedents to oppose the new order should have their families wiped out.

5. (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 3^rd – 2^nd 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

6. (Taiwan, specifically) the Taiwanese indigenous peoples

   族語／族语  ―  zúyǔ  ―  tribal languages, specifically Taiwanese indigenous languages

族

1. (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. 3^rd 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, 2^nd century BCE

     Qīn mò qīn yú gǔròu, jié zòu zhī shǔ lián yě.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tribe
2. family

• Go-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku)
• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: やから (yakara, 族)

From Middle Chinese 族 (MC dzuwk).

• (Tokyo) ぞく (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

• Homophones: 属, 粟, 続

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

族

Wikipedia ^ja

族(ぞく) • (zoku) 

1. (chemistry) group (column in the periodic table)
2. (taxonomy) tribe
3. (slang) ellipsis of 暴走族

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.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

族

Wikisource

族 (eumhun 겨레 족 (gyeore jok))

1. hanja form^? of 족 (“clan; tribe; ethnic group”)
2. hanja form^? of 족 (“group or class of things with common features”)

族 (eumhun 풍류 가락 주 (pungnyu garak ju))

1. (archaic) hanja form^? of 주 (“to perform music”)
2. alternative form of 嗾

• (to perform music): 奏 (주 (ju))

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

族: Hán Việt readings: tộc (昨(tạc)木(mộc)切(thiết))
族: Nôm readings: tọc, tộc, sộc

1. chữ Hán form of tộc (“family name; clan”)
2. chữ Nôm form of tọc (“only used in certain compounds such as 族脈 (tọc mạch)”)