族 (zuk6 | zu2) : clan, tribe; race, ehnic group

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族

zuk6

zu2

[1] clan; tribe; kindred
[2] race; ethnic group; nationality
[3] class or group of things with common features

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 方 (#70)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

族

This word has been viewed 15050 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2014 13:53

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民族 man4 zuk6 min2 zu2 = ethnic group; nationality

氏族 si6 zuk6 shi4 zu2 = family, clan

民族主義 man4 zuk6 zyu2 ji6 min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 = nationalism

種族歧視 zung2 zuk6 kei4 si6 zhong3 zu2 qi2 shi4 = racial discrimination

種族 zung2 zuk6 zhong3 zu2 = race, racial; ethnic group; ethnicity

家族 gaa1 zuk6 jia1 zu2 = household; family; clan

貴族 gwai3 zuk6 gui4 zu2 = nobility

一族 jat1 zuk6 = gens

中華民族 zung1 waa4 man4 zuk6 zhong1 hua2 min2 zu2 = the Chinese people

本族語 bun2 zuk6 jyu5 ben3 zu2 yu3 = native language; mother tongue
See all 141 compounds (CantoDict reports 147 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 族
Unicode code for this character: U+65cf (off-site link)

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