家族

家

jia̅

族

zú

family / clan

Characters and words in 家族

家

傢

jia̅ = ji + a1

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

家

jia̅ = ji + a1

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

家 = 宀 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.

族

zú = zu + Ø2

race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

族 = 方 + 𠂉 + 矢 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) has become a member of the 低头族 (族). Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) he is constantly looking at his square (方) In his hands. Using a key (𠂉) he can unlock it and look at his precious darts (矢) which are hidden inside.