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Kanji Detail for 属 - "to belong, to affiliate, subordinate"

属

  • Meaning

    属 means "to belong, to affiliate, subordinate."

    1. Belong - To be a member of; to be part of.

    2. Affiliate - To be connected with; to associate.

    3. Subordinate - Under authority of; dependent.

    4. Follow - To be attached to; to accompany.

  • Words using 属

    • 所属 しょぞく Listen belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to
    • 金属 きんぞく Listen metal
    • 無所属 むしょぞく Listen independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
    • 付属 ふぞく Listen being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to)
    • 属する ぞくする Listen to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with
    • 帰属 きぞく Listen belonging; ascription; attribution
    • 貴金属 ききんぞく Listen precious metal
    • 専属 せんぞく Listen exclusive; attached to; specialist

  • Four-character idioms with 属

    • 一家眷属 いっかけんぞく Listen one's family, relations, and followers
    • 妻子眷属 さいしけんぞく Listen one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family

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    • Verified meaning: to belong, to affiliate, subordinate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さっか, さつか, ぞく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 属

    Surnames 属(さっか)Listen 属(さつか)Listen 属(ぞく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    belong; genus; subordinate official; affiliated

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    class, category, type; belong to

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoku(ショク) ショク

    zoku(ゾク) ゾク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sakan(さか-ん) さか-ん

    tsu.ku(つ-く) つ-く

    yakara(やから) やから

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to belong to affiliate subordinate attach continue entrust follow gather group relatives category genus allegiance association class connected dependency dependent hierarchy member relation

Sentences including 属

  • I belong to the baseball team.

  • I'm in the tennis club.

  • The company has three hospitals of its own.

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