Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 族
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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
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方
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direction, square | |
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lying person | (When this person 人 is made flat, like in this radical, you get the: "lying person". (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)) |
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矢
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arrow | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 | | 彝族 |
Yí zú |
Yi ethnic group |
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