Onyomi: ゾク · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: family, tribe
Kanji for family, tribe
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The kanji 族 combines the “arrow” radical (矢) with the “soldier/leader” component (方), symbolizing a group united under common purpose or direction. In ancient times, it represented a family or clan bound together. 族 came to mean family, tribe, or group, capturing connection, shared lineage, and belonging.
Arrows and direction combined — 族 means family, tribe, or a group of people connected.
Imagine a clan standing together under a common purpose — that’s 族, the kanji for family or tribe.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 族 | ぞく | tribe, clan, band, family | common Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 輩 | やから | party (of people), set (of people), clan, family, fellow | Noun |
| 親族 | うから | blood relative | Noun |
| 族長 | ぞくちょう | patriarch, head of a family | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 族内婚 | ぞくないこん | endogamy | Noun |
| 族外婚 | ぞくがいこん | exogamy | Noun |
| 族滅 | ぞくめつ | putting an entire family to death, eradicating a whole family | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 族生 | ぞくせい | (of plants) growing in clusters, growing gregariously | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 族縁 | ぞくえん | relative, relation, family tie | Noun |
| 族籍 | ぞくせき | one's class (and legal domicile) | Noun |