noun, takes genitive case の

  1. people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
民族 みんぞく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

people, nation, subjects
ミン たみ ひと (4th, N3)
family name, surname, clan
シ うじ (4th, N1)
tribe, family
ゾク つぎ (3rd, N4)
flags flying, streamers
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)