Chinese Character 族 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

族 meaning[3] in English

Race.

Nationality.

Ethnicity.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (㫃) , and arrow (矢)

Its radical[1] is: (fang1) which means: Surname Fang, .fang1surname Fang

In cangjie it is written with YSOOK

How to write 族

To writezu2race you should write a combination of yan3 , shi3arrow arranged in a shape:

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族 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 族 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:zu2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Race . Nationality . Ethnicity . Clan . By Extension, Social Group (E.G. Office Workers 上班族)

Pinyin:yan3 Shape:

Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]

𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 族in English or Chinese