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Pinyin: zúEnglish Definition: race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族 )Chinese Definition: ①亲属，泛指同姓之亲：族规。族长。家族。
②指具有共同起源和共同遗传特征的人群：种族。
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：民族。
④聚居而有血统关系的人群的统称：宗族。氏族。部族。
⑤事物有共同属性的一大类：芳香族。
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：族灭。
⑦聚合，集中：云气不待族而雨。Total strokes: 11;
Radical: 方 Ideographic: A group of people that swear by
矢 a single flag
方 Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 方 [ fāng ] square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- ⿱ Above to below
- 矢 [ shǐ ] arrow, dart; to vow, to swear
Example Words:
民族 [
mín zú ]: nationality; ethnic group; Classifiers:
个 贵族 [
guì zú ]: lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
Example Sentences- 为什么因我们的父亲没有儿子，就把他的名从他族中除掉呢？
Why should our father's name disappear from his clan because he had no son?
- 为什么因我们的父亲没有儿子就把他的名从他族中除掉呢，求你们在我们父亲的弟兄中分给我们产业。
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
- 这是因为群居动物在解决问题的时候必须与这个群族里的动物进行互动。
This is because social animals must engage in problem solving every time they interact with another animal in the group.
- 另一方面，如果认为民族是建构的，那么说明民族为什么以及如何发展，便是一个重要问题。
On the other hand, if one sees nations as constructed, then it is important to be able to explain why and how nations developed.
- 这在神族和人类之间可真是一个不固定的界限，如果你问我的话，然而这种情况只在一个地点发生。
That's a real fluid boundary between the divine and human realms, if you ask me. But it only happens there, in one spot.
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