Spot 族
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
族 component
zú · race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 族
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue族Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 族.
蔟=
艹
嗾=
口
镞=
钅
簇=
竹
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 族 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
簇拥cùyōng
to crowd around
HSK 3.0 · L7-9代数簇dài shù cùalgebraic variety
嗾sǒuto set a dog on
攒簇cuán cùto gather closely together
箭镞jiàn zúarrowhead
簇茎石竹cù jīng shí zhúboreal carnation or northern pink
簇射cù shèshower
簇新cù xīnbrand-new
簇cùbunch, cluster
花簇huā cùbunch of flowers
花团锦簇huā tuán jǐn cùbrightly colored decorations
蔟cùnest