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族
zú
1. race
2. nationality
3. ethnicity
4. clan
5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers [[上班族]])
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

族
zú
race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

羯族
Jiézú
Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara [[月支<Yuèzhī>]]
闪族
Shǎnzú
the Semites
水族
Shuǐzú
Shui ethnic group of Guangxi
羌族
Qiāngzú
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
词族
cízú
word family (cognate words within a given language)
邹族
Zōuzú
Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
望族
wàngzú
distinguished or prominent family
民族
mínzú
nationality
HSK 4
畲族
Shēzú
She ethnic group
维族
Wéizú
abbr. for [[維吾爾族|维吾尔族]], Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
苗族
Miáozú
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
亲族
qīnzú
relatives
邵族
Shàozú
Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
部族
bùzú
tribe
宗族
zōngzú
Chinese clan
族类
zúlèi
clan
朝族
Cháozú
Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China
氏族
shìzú
clan
满族
Mǎnzú
Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province
瑶族
Yáozú
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
548
Word Frequency Rank
1,452 of 84,292

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