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族 — how to write the kanji for “tribe”

族 (“tribe” and “family”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 393rd most used kanji. Its parts: 方 (“direction”, its radical), strokes 1–4; 𠂉 (“person”), strokes 5–6; 矢 (“dart”), strokes 7–11, each finished before the next. On its own it is the word zoku, “tribe; race”. Its common words take the reading zoku: 家族 (“family”), 民族 (“people”), 遺族 (“bereaved family”) and 民族主義 (“nationalism”). Chinese reads it zú, “race”, at HSK 4.

Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Radical
方 (“direction”)
On
ゾク

Stroke by stroke

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  1. Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
  2. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  3. Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftrightwards → downwards
  4. Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdownwards
  5. Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
  6. Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
  7. Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
  8. Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
  9. Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
  10. Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdownwards → down and left
  11. Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (11 strokes in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese).

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 11 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 11 strokes

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Readings

On (Chinese-derived)
ゾク zoku
Kun (native)
none
Meanings
tribe; family
Read zoku
家族 民族 遺族 民族主義 親族 一族
School year
third grade
Newspaper rank
393rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
Korean hanja
족 jok
Common words
18 in JMdict

On and kun, explained

Words with 族

WordReadingMeaning
家族かぞく kazokufamily
民族みんぞく minzokupeople; race
遺族いぞく izokubereaved family; surviving family
民族主義みんぞくしゅぎ minzokushuginationalism
親族しんぞく shinzokurelative; relation
一族いちぞく ichizokufamily; relatives
部族ぶぞく buzokutribe
貴族きぞく kizokunobility; aristocracy
家族計画かぞくけいかく kazokukeikakufamily planning
水族館すいぞくかん suizokukanaquarium (building); oceanarium

Most common first (JMdict).

Practice sheet

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Same parts:

JLPT N4, in list order: