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氏族

shì zú

2-character word

What 氏族 means

1. clan

The characters in 氏族

• 氏shì(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏; (bound form) maiden name; née…
• 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity

Sounds the same

Read shì zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 士卒soldier; private (army)
• 士族land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晋南北朝
• 世足World Cup (soccer) (Tw)
• 势族influential family; powerful clan

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