ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
族 means family, tribe
族
族Real origin
It began as arrows (矢) gathered under one banner: a tribe, a family.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- tribe, family
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
From Chinese (onyomi) ゾク zoku
ゾク (zoku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
家族 かぞく · kazoku
family
Built from
- 方 direction
- 矢 arrow
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方 Used in 20 kanji
矢 Used in 21 kanji
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What does 族 mean?
Right: 族 means family, tribe.Not quite: 族 means family, tribe.In 家族, 族 is read ぞく. Which kind of reading is that?
Right. 家族 is read かぞく (kazoku): 族 takes ゾク, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 族 has.Not quite. 家族 is read かぞく (kazoku): 族 takes ゾク, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 族 has.