屬

Derived characters

• 𭀔, 囑, 孎, 𢺡, 灟, 曯, 欘, 爥, 𬎠, 矚, 䙱, 䌵, 蠾, 𫍘, 䠱, 钃, 𫚇, 𪚌
• 𮫫, 劚, 𣀻, 𣀼, 斸, 𣥀, 𪈺, 𡆜, 𢦇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7821
• Dae Jaweon: page 602, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 982, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C6C

Definitions

屬

1. category; type; class

   金屬／金属  ―  jīnshǔ  ―  metal

2. kins folk; dependent; family members

   軍屬／军属  ―  jūnshǔ  ―  family members of soldiers

3. fellows; associates
4. subordinate; subaltern; adjutant; aide
5. to belong to

   不屬於我的東西／不属于我的东西  ―  bù shǔyú wǒ de dōngxi  ―  things that do not belong to me

6. to be under; to be subordinate to

   所屬部門／所属部门  ―  suǒshǔ bùmén  ―  department one is under

   英屬香港／英属香港  ―  Yīngshǔ Xiānggǎng  ―  British Hong Kong

   海南原屬廣東省。 [MSC, trad.]
   海南原属广东省。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hǎinán yuán shǔ Guǎngdōng shěnɡ. [Pinyin]

   Hainan was originally under Guangdong province.

7. to be

   如有雷同，純屬巧合 [MSC, trad.]
   如有雷同，纯属巧合 [MSC, simp.]

   rú yǒu léitóng, chún shǔ qiǎohé [Pinyin]

   Any similarity is purely coincidental.

8. to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)

   我屬虎，佢屬兔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我属虎，佢属兔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ suk⁶ fu², keoi⁵ suk⁶ tou³. [Jyutping]

   I was born in the year of the tiger; he was born in the year of the rabbit.

9. (taxonomy) genus

Compounds

See also

Definitions

屬

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to join; to combine
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compose; to write
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather; to congregate
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 囑 / 嘱 (zhǔ, “to entrust”)
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 囑 / 嘱 (zhǔ, “to exhort; to urge”)
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) excuse; justification
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 矚 / 瞩 (zhǔ, “to concentrate one's attention on”)
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wear; to bear
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be related with
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to follow
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 注 (zhù, “to pour”)

Compounds

Readings

• Go-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}、ぞく (zoku)^{←ぞく (zoku, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 屬)、つく (tsuku, 屬く)、つける (tsukeru, 屬ける)、つづく (tsuzuku, 屬く)、つづける (tsuzukeru, 屬ける)、つづる (tsuzuru, 屬る)、やから (yakara, 屬)
• Nanori: つら (tsura)、まさ (masa)、やす (yasu)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [속]

Hanja

Wikisource 屬 (eumhun 무리 속 (muri sok))

1. hanja form^? of 속 (“class; category; type”)
2. hanja form^? of 속 (“(biology, taxonomy) a genus”)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [촉]

Hanja

屬 (eumhun 이을 촉 (ieul chok))

1. (literary) hanja form^? of 촉 (“to join; to combine”)

Compounds