# 族 — Tribe

Frequency rank 344 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 量 (Quantity), less common than 光 (Light).

- On’yomi: ぞく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 方 Square (Kangxi 70)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A direction (方) sign points toward a drunkard (戈) — the whole tribe follows the same direction, marching as one group.

In words:

- 家族 かぞく — family
- 民族 みんぞく — people;race;nation;racial customs;folk customs
- 貴族 きぞく — noble;aristocrat

[Study 族](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E6%97%8F)

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