氏し族ぞく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to a kinship group sharing a common ancestor, often in historical, anthropological, or formal contexts. Can also be used attributively with の.

一いち族ぞく
一族 broadly covers any extended family or clan-like group, including modern business families, while 氏族 specifically denotes a kinship group descended from a common ancestor in historical or anthropological contexts.
部ぶ族ぞく
部族 refers to a tribe defined by shared culture, territory, or political organization, whereas 氏族 emphasizes descent from a common ancestor within a kinship structure.
家か族ぞくN5
家族 is the everyday word for a nuclear family or household, while 氏族 is a formal term for a much larger lineage-based group.

民みん族ぞくN1
民族 means an ethnic group or people sharing culture and language on a national scale, while 氏族 refers to a smaller kinship group tied by common ancestry; the two are easily confused because they share the kanji 族.

Compound of 氏 (shi, 'family, clan') and 族 (zoku, 'tribe, group'). The reading しぞく is the on'yomi of both characters.