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Kanji Detail for 族 - "clan, tribe, family"

  • Meaning

    族 means "clan, tribe, family."

    1. Clan - A family group; relatives.

    2. Tribe - A social group; a people.

    3. Group - A collection of similar things.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tribe; family

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a family clan, ethnic group, tribe

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Related, connected. Meaning descendants are linked together. Father, son, and grandson form three generations. From great-great-grandfather to great-great-grandson is nine generations. Punishment extending to parents, wife, and children is called 滅族 (extermination of the clan). In ancient times, simply called 族. | Colloquially, those of the same surname are called 族. Such as 族人 (clansman), 族長 (clan elder). | Category, type. Such as in zoology, divided into 介族 (shell-bearing creatures), 魚族 (fish). | Cluster. Plants growing in clusters is called 族生.
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Sentences including

  • The family love one another.

  • Here is a photograph of my family.

  • There was a new addition to his family.

  • He made a hit with my family.

  • In the evening , i have dinner at home with my family.

  • She went to new york , leaving her family behind.

  • His family are early risers.

  • He deserted his family and went abroad.

  • The family received me very warmly.

  • She worked hard in behalf of her family.

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