族

族 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人人大 (YSOOK), four-corner 0823₄, composition ⿸𭤨矢)

• 嗾, 㵀, 䃚, 鏃(镞), 瘯, 簇, 蔟, 鷟(𬸦), 𢳇, 𪼕, 𨄕, 𩻀, 𪟒, 𢩜, 𡻬, 𫦓, 𢄧, 𢳈, 𧐈, 𩀥, 𩺯

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 484, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13661
• Dae Jaweon: page 846, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2181, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65CF

Historical forms of the character 族
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 㫃 (“flag”) + 矢 (“arrow”).

族

1. clan; family clan; tribe

   宗族  ―  zōngzú  ―  clan

2. ethnic group; nationality

   民族  ―  mínzú  ―  ethnicity

   藏族  ―  Zàngzú  ―  Tibetans

3. group or class of things with common features

   啃老族  ―  kěnlǎozú  ―  boomerang kids (literally, “people relying on elderly parents”)

   低頭族／低头族  ―  dītóuzú  ―  smartphone zombie (literally, “people with heads lowered”)

   • 士大夫之族，曰師曰弟子云者，則群聚而笑之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     士大夫之族，曰师曰弟子云者，则群聚而笑之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9th century, Han Yu, 師說

     Shìdàfū zhī zú, yuē shī yuē dìzǐ yúnzhě, zé qún jù ér xiào zhī. [Pinyin]

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4. (historical) to impose a death penalty on an offender and his entire family, and even on the families of his mother and wife

   • 有敢偶語《詩》、《書》者棄市。以古非今者族。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有敢偶语《诗》、《书》者弃市。以古非今者族。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yǒu gǎn ǒuyǔ “Shī”, “Shū” zhě qìshì. Yǐ gǔ fēi jīn zhě zú. [Pinyin]

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5. (literary) to gather

   • 自而治天下，雲氣不待族而雨，草木不待黃而落，日月之光益以荒矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自而治天下，云气不待族而雨，草木不待黄而落，日月之光益以荒矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Zì ér zhì tiānxià, yúnqì bù dài zú ér yǔ, cǎomù bù dài huáng ér luò, rìyuè zhī guāng yì yǐ huāng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     According to your government of the world, the vapours of the clouds, before they were collected, would descend in rain; the herbs and trees would shed their leaves before they became yellow; and the light of the sun and moon would hasten to extinction

6. (Taiwan, specifically) the Taiwanese indigenous peoples

   族語／族语  ―  zúyǔ  ―  tribal languages, specifically Taiwanese indigenous languages

族

1. ^† Alternative form of 奏 (zòu)

   • 文久而滅，節族久而絶。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     文久而灭，节族久而绝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wén jiǔ ér miè, jié zòu jiǔ ér jué. [Pinyin]

     Culture persists for a long time and then is extinguished; regulations persist for a long time and then cease.

   • 親莫親於骨肉，節族之屬連也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亲莫亲于骨肉，节族之属连也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Qīn mò qīn yú gǔròu, jié zòu zhī shǔ lián yě. [Pinyin]

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(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tribe
2. family

• Go-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku)
• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: やから (yakara, 族)

From Middle Chinese 族 (MC dzuwk).

• (Tokyo) ぞ​く [zóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

• Homophones: 属, 粟, 続

族(ぞく) • (zoku) 

1. (chemistry) a group (column in the periodic table)
2. (taxonomy) a tribe

From Middle Chinese 族 (MC dzuwk).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쪽〮 (Yale: ccwok) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 𫞀/족〮 (cwók) (Yale: cwok) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 族 (eumhun 겨레 족 (gyeore jok))

1. Hanja form^? of 족 (“clan; tribe; ethnic group”).
2. Hanja form^? of 족 (“group or class of things with common features”).

族 (eumhun 풍류 가락 주 (pungnyu garak ju))

1. (archaic) Hanja form^? of 주 (“to perform music”).
2. Alternative form of 嗾

• (to perform music): 奏 (주 (ju))

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

族: Hán Việt readings: tộc (昨(tạc)木(mộc)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
族: Nôm readings: tọc[3][6][4][5][7], tộc[1][2][4][7], sộc[3]

1. chữ Hán form of tộc (“family name; clan”).
2. Nôm form of tọc (“only used in certain compounds such as 族脈 (tọc mạch)”).