Chinese Character Wiki
族

zú

clan, tribe, race

Depicts a flag (㫃) representing a clan and an arrow (矢) representing their military power.

Components
㫃 iconic component

㫃  Iconic component

yǎn

  

flags flying

矢 iconic component

矢  Iconic component

shǐ

  

arrow

Evolution

族 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
族 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
族 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
族 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
族 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

族  

zú

a family clan, ethnic group, tribe; race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Most common words with 族
Freq.
Word
Meaning

家族

family

民族

nationality

族

race

种族

race

贵族

lord

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

簇 镞 蔟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤok

dzuwk

zú

clan


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 28.6881% of movies

988th most common character in movies

549th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+65CF

Shuowen

“族，矢鋒也，束之族族也。从，从矢。”


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