士族

Chinese

		scholar; warrior; knight	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (士族)		士	族
simp. ^#(士族)		士	族

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìzú

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ zuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzú
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsu²
  - Yale: shr̀-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzwu
  - Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    世族
    士卒
    氏族
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ zuk⁶
  - Yale: sih juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

士族

(historical) powerful aristocratic clan

Related terms

世家 (shìjiā)
世族 (shìzú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (士族):

→ Japanese: 士(し)族(ぞく) (shizoku)
→ Korean: 사족(士族) (sajok)
→ Vietnamese: sĩ tộc (士族)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
士	族
し Grade: 5	ぞく Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しぞく [shíꜜzòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕizo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

士(し)族(ぞく) • (shizoku)

(historical) a social class in the Empire of Japan composed of former samurai

Derived terms

士(し)族(ぞく)の商(しょう)法(ほう) (shizoku no shōhō)
士(し)族(ぞく)授(じゅ)産(さん) (shizoku jusan)
士(し)族(ぞく)反(はん)乱(らん) (shizoku hanran)

See also

華(か)族(ぞく) (kazoku)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
士	族

Noun

士族 • (sajok) (hangeul 사족)

hanja form^? of 사족 (“a powerful aristocratic family or a scion of such a family”)