属
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category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尸 +9
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 属
- Common rank
- #728
- Unicode
- U+5C5E
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 属
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法属波利尼西亚 | French Polynesia | |
| 心神不属 | see 心不在焉[xin1 bu4 zai4 yan1] | |
| 有色金属 | non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) | |
| 黑色金属 | ferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them) | |
| 重金属 | heavy metal | |
| 石南属 | heather | |
| 下属公司 | subsidiary (company) | |
| 无所属 | unaffiliated; non-party | |
| 实属不易 | really not easy (idiom) | |
| 非金属 | nonmetal (chemistry) | |
| 木兰属 | Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs | |
| 属国 | vassal state | |
| 所属单位 | affiliated unit; subsidiary | |
| 属地 | dependency; possession; annexed territory | |
| 美属维尔京群岛 | United States Virgin Islands (USVI) | |
| 属性 | attribute; property | |
| 家属 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 金属 | metal; CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 分属 | classification | |
| 属文 | to write prose |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 禹 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禹 sound part | legendary Hsia dynasty founder | |
| 龋 | tooth decay | |
| 踽 | to walk alone; self-reliant; hunch-backed |