属

See also: 屬

属	U+5C5E, 属 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C5E

← 屝
[U+5C5D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

屟 →
[U+5C5F]

Translingual

Han character

属 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹中月 (SHLB), composition ⿸尸禹)

Derived characters

嘱, 𡠟, 𭲫, 𣚚, 𪹳, 瞩, 𧜭, 𦅉, 𧑏, 𫍏, 𨅛, 𰾽, 㔉, 𫿗, 𣃁, 𪅱

References

KangXi: page 303, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7754

Dae Jaweon: page 600, character 23

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 978, character 12

Unihan data for U+5C5E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蜀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
襡	toːʔ, toːɡs, doːʔ, doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	toːɡs, tuɡs, rtoːɡ, tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	sdoːmʔ, tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	rtoːɡ, toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	rdoːɡ, zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	rdoːɡ, tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	doːɡ, tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	doɡ, tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	tjoɡ, djoɡ
属	tjoɡ, djoɡ
蠾	tjoɡ, djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	sʰlaː, zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 属 – see 屬 (“category; type; class; kins folk; dependent; family members; etc.”). (This character, 属, is the simplified form of 屬.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

See also 属する

Shinjitai	属
Kyūjitai	屬

Kanji

属

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 屬)

class, category, type
belong to
genus

Readings

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC t͡ɕɨok̚); compare Mandarin 屬 (zhǔ):

Go-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
Kan-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC d͡ʑɨok̚); compare Mandarin 屬 (shǔ):

Go-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)^{←ぞく (zoku, historical)}
Kan-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}

Unknown: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

On (unclassified): しゅ (shu)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: さかん (sakan, 属)^{←さくわん (sakwan, historical)}; つく (tsuku, 属く); つける (tsukeru, 属ける); つづく (tsuzuku, 属く); つづける (tsuzukeru, 属ける); つづる (tsuzuru, 属る); やから (yakara, 属)
Nanori: つら (tsura); まさ (masa); やす (yasu)

Compounds

属(しょく)意(い) (shokui)
属(しょく)引(いん) (shokuin)
属(しょく)怨(えん), 属(しょく)饜(えん) (shokuen)
属(しょく)耳(じ) (shokuji)
属(しょく)心(しん) (shokushin)
属(しょく)託(たく) (shokutaku) (嘱(しょく)託(たく))
属(しょく)文(ぶん) (shokubun)
属(しょく)望(ぼう) (shokubō) (嘱(しょく)望(ぼう))
属(しょく)目(もく) (shokumoku) (嘱(しょく)目(もく))
属(しょっ)纊(こう) (shokkō)
属(ぞく)音(おん) (zokuon)
属(ぞく)官(かん) (zokukan)
属(ぞく)耳(じ) (zokuji)
属(ぞく)車(しゃ) (zokusha)
属(ぞく)者(しゃ) (zokusha)
属(ぞく)従(じゅう) (zokujū)
属(ぞく)星(しょう) (zokushō)
属(ぞく)人(じん) (zokujin)
属(ぞく)性(せい) (zokusei)
属(ぞく)星(せい) (zokusei)
属(ぞく)籍(せき) (zokuseki)
属(そく)託(たく) (sokutaku) (嘱(そく)託(たく))
属(ぞく)託(たく) (zokutaku) (嘱(ぞく)託(たく))
属(ぞく)地(ち) (zokuchi)
属(ぞく)島(とう) (zokutō)
属(ぞく)邦(ほう) (zokuhō)
属(ぞく)名(めい) (zokumei)
属(ぞく)吏(り) (zokuri)
属(ぞく)領(りょう) (zokuryō)
属(ぞく)僚(りょう) (zokuryō)
属(ぞく)隷(れい) (zokurei)
属(ぞっ)格(かく) (zokkaku)
属(ぞっ)官(かん) (zokkan)
属(ぞっ)国(こく) (zokkoku)
意(い)属(しょく) (ishoku)
掾(えん)属(ぞく) (enzoku)
官(かん)属(ぞく) (kanzoku)
帰(き)属(ぞく) (kizoku)
金(きん)属(ぞく) (kinzoku)
繫(けい)属(ぞく), 係(けい)属(ぞく) (keizoku)
支(し)属(ぞく) (shizoku)
従(じゅう)属(ぞく) (jūzoku)
所(しょ)属(ぞく) (shozoku)
枢(すう)属(ぞく) (sūzoku)
戚(せき)属(ぞく) (sekizoku)
接(せっ)属(しょく) (sesshoku)
族(ぞく)属(ぞく) (zokuzoku)
尊(そん)属(ぞく) (sonzoku)
直(ちょく)属(ぞく) (chokuzoku)
天(てん)属(ぞく) (tenzoku)
徒(と)属(ぞく) (tozoku)
卑(ひ)属(ぞく) (hizoku)
服(ふく)属(ぞく) (fukuzoku)
付(ふ)属(しょく) (fushoku) (付(ふ)嘱(しょく), 附(ふ)嘱(しょく))
付(ふ)属(ぞく), 附(ふ)属(ぞく) (fuzoku)
寮(りょう)属(ぞく) (ryōzoku)
僚(りょう)属(ぞく) (ryōzoku)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC d͡ʑɨok̚).

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
属
ぞく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
屬 (kyūjitai)

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ぞく [zóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

属(ぞく) • (zoku)

(taxonomy) a genus

References

2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-1] 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN