家族

Japanese

Kanji in this term
家	族

Noun

家族 (hiragana かぞく, romaji kazoku)

1. family

Usage notes

家族 refers to one’s own family, particularly immediate family – parents, children, and siblings. To refer to another’s family, one uses the honorific form ご家族 (ごかぞく, gokazoku, “another’s family (honorific)”). To refer to one’s relatives generally, one uses 親戚 (しんせき, shinseki, “relative”), which includes even distant relatives. For close relatives – say, aunts, uncles, and close cousins – one may use 近親 (きんしん, kinshin, “close relative”). For close people, not necessarily family, one may use 身内 (みうち, miuchi, “close family, close friends”).

Synonyms

• ご家族, 御家族 (honorific)

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Korean

Hanja in this word
家	族

Pronunciation

• IPA: kaʥok
• Phonetic hangul: 가족

Romanization

Revised	gajok	transliteration	gajog
McCune-Reischauer	kajok	Yale	kacok

Noun

家族 (gajok)

1. Hanja form^? of 가족, “family”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

家族

Noun

家族 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiāzú)

1. family