족

족 U+C871, 족 HANGUL SYLLABLE JOG Composition: ㅈ + ㅗ + ㄱ ← 조 [U+C870] Hangul Syllables 졲 → [U+C872]

조족졲졳존졵졶 졷졸졹졺졻졼졽 졾졿좀좁좂좃좄 종좆좇좈좉좊좋
졔 ←	→ 좌

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [족]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jog
McCune–Reischauer?	chok
Yale Romanization?	cok

Etymology 1

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	죽 (juk)
Yang-form	족 (jok)

족 • (jok)

1. (of small objects) in a manner arranged in a row; while arranging in a row
2. (of a recitation or story) without a break; in one seating
3. (of a small thing) tearing in one continuous stroke
4. (of a small amount of liquid) sucking or gulping in one continuous stroke
5. (of a small thing) stretching in a broad manner
6. looking over in one glance (over a relatively small area)

Derived terms

• 족족 (jokjok)
• 쪽 (jjok)

See also

• 쏙 (ssok, “protruding deeply”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 足 (“foot”)

Noun

족 • (jok) (hanja 足)

1. foot
2. used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain; to satisfy"

   부족 (不足) ― bujok ― insufficiency; inadequacy

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 足 for Sino-Korean compounds of 족 (足, jok).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 族 (“clan; tribe”)

Noun

족 • (jok) (hanja 族)

2. clan; tribe; ethnic group

   민족 (民族) ― minjok ― people; nation; ethnicity

3. group or class of things with common features

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 族 for Sino-Korean compounds of 족 (族, jok).

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

족 (jok)

1. 足: foot

   (eumhun reading: 발 족 (bal jok))
   (MC reading: 足 (MC tsjowk))

2. 族: clan; tribe; ethnic group

   (eumhun reading: 겨레 족 (gyeore jok))
   (MC reading: 族 (MC dzuwk))

3. 簇:

   (MC reading: 簇 (MC tshuwk))

4. 鏃:

   (MC reading: 鏃 (MC tsuwk))

5. 瘯:

   (MC reading: 瘯 (MC tshuwk))

6. 哫:

   (MC reading: 哫 (MC tsjowk))

7. 蔟:

   (MC reading: 蔟 (MC tshuwk))

8. 踿:

   (MC reading: 踿)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 38. [1]
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]