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Meaning of 族
Pinyin
zú
Radical
方
Strokes
11
Definition
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan
Usage
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族 [zú]
名
1. 亲属，泛指同姓之亲: Relatives, generally referring to relatives of the same surname.
族规: Clan regulations.
族长: Clan leader.
家族: Family.
2. 指具有共同起源和共同遗传特征的人群: Refers to groups of people with a common origin and shared genetic characteristics.
种族: Ethnic group.
3. 指在历史上形成的人群的稳定共同体，他们有共同的语言、经济生活以及表现于共同文化上的心理素质: Refers to stable communities formed historically, which share a common language, economic lifestyle, and psychological qualities manifested in shared culture.
民族: Nation or ethnic group.
4. 聚居而有血统关系的人群的统称: A general term for groups of people living together with blood relations.
宗族: Ancestral clan.
氏族: Clan or lineage.
部族: Tribe.
5. 事物有共同属性的一大类: A large category of things with common attributes.
芳香族: Aromatic species.
6. 封建时代的一种残酷刑罚，一人有罪，把全家或包括母亲、妻家的人都杀死: A brutal punishment from the feudal era, where if one person was guilty, their entire family or those related, including mothers and in-laws, would be killed.
族灭: Annihilation of a family.
7. 聚合，集中: Gathering together, concentration.
云气不待族而雨: Clouds do not wait for gathering before it rains.
动
1. 灭族。把(罪犯的) 家族成员全部处死: To execute all family members (of a criminal).
族诛: Family extermination; when one person commits a crime, the entire family is punished.
2. 丛聚: To gather together.
云气不待族而雨，草木不待黄而落: Clouds do not wait for gathering before it rains; plants do not wait for yellowing before they fall.
形
1. 众多: Multitudinous.
行久之物，族必起于少: Long-lasting things must originate from few.
族庖: A multitude of cooks; refers to common cooks.
Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2] / until 1959, Guangxi province
Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan
Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma), capital Luxi 潞西市
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Hekou Yaozu autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in northwest Yunnan, capital Liuku or Lutku 六庫鎮|六库镇[Liu4 ku4 zhen4]
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan
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Input Method for 族
Pinyin
zu2
Wubi
yttd
Cangjie
ysook
Zhengma
symm
Four Corner
08284
Unicode
U+65cf
Stroke Number Category
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