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Kotomora

族

tribe, family

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ゾク

Kun'yomi

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Nanori

  • つぎ

Meaning

族 centers on a group of people bound by shared identity: a tribe or family. It emphasizes collective belonging rather than individual relationships.

Most common words using 族

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  • 家族かぞく
    N5

    family

  • 民族みんぞく
    N1

    people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

  • 族ぞく

    tribe; race; people; family

  • 一族いちぞく

    family; relatives; dependents

  • 貴族きぞく
    N2

    nobility; aristocracy; peerage

  • 種族しゅぞく

    race; tribe; ethnic group

  • 親族しんぞく
    N1

    relative; relation; kin

  • 遺族いぞく

    bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

  • 水族館すいぞくかん
    N3

    aquarium (building)

  • 部族ぶぞく

    tribe

  • 王族おうぞく

    royalty; royal family

  • 皇族こうぞく

    imperial family; royalty

  • 同族どうぞく

    same family (race, tribe)

  • 族長ぞくちょう

    patriarch; head of a family

  • 蛮族ばんぞく

    barbarian tribe; savage tribe

  • 血族けつぞく

    blood relative

  • 氏族しぞく

    clan; family

  • 豪族ごうぞく

    powerful family; powerful clan

  • 華族かぞく

    peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy

  • 裸族らぞく

    naked tribe

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Etymology

族 combines 方 (direction/group) with 矢 (arrow), historically suggesting a group united under a banner or symbol, like a clan or tribe.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a group of people (方) gathered around a central banner marked with an arrow (矢). They are a tribe, a family united under one symbol.

Reading mnemonic

For ゾク, imagine a tribe that moves in a flock: flock -> ゾク, and the tribe travels together like a flock of birds.