Memory phrase for the character: 族

族

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Meaning clan, race, nationality, ethnicity

Pronunciation

zú

Explanation

Left: direction/square 方, right: horizontal person , arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天) - Better right: Two lying persons and big 大

Mnemonic
 
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a clan/race.

Radicals

方 direction, square
lying personThis radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
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 Vocabulary

种族 zhǒng zú  race; ethnicity
哆啰美远族 Duō luō měi yuǎn zú  Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
民族大迁徙 mín zú dà qiān xǐ  great migration of peoples
羌族 Qiāng zú  Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
羌族 Qiāng zú  
羌族 Qiāng zú  
彝族 Yí zú  Yi ethnic group
彝族 Yí zú  
彝族 Yí zú  
彝族 Yí zú  
彝族 Yí zú  
彝族 Yí zú  

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