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族

zú

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

zú · zuk6 (Jyutping)

  1. race
  2. nationality
  3. ethnicity
  4. clan
  5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

族

Meaning
a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
Radical
方
Strokes
11
Components
⿰方⿱?矢
Cangjie
YSOOK
Four-corner
0823.4

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