親しん族ぞく

し

ん

ぞ

く

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

relative; kin; family member

General term for a person connected by blood or marriage; often used in legal or formal contexts, but also in everyday speech.

結けっ婚こん式しきには親しん族ぞくだけが招しょう待たいされた。
Only relatives were invited to the wedding.

彼かれ

は

遠とお

く

の

親しん

族ぞく

を

訪たず

ね

て

九きゅう

州しゅう

へ

行い

っ

た

。

He went to Kyushu to visit distant relatives.

Kanji

親parent, intimacy, relative
族tribe, family

Similar words

家か族ぞく
家族 refers to one's immediate family living together, while 親族 is a broader term covering all relatives, including extended family.
親しん戚せき
親戚 is a more colloquial and common word for relatives, often used in daily conversation. 親族 sounds slightly more formal or legal.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 親 (close, intimate) and 族 (tribe, clan). The compound originally referred to members of the same clan or lineage.