가족

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family

🏠 가족 = 家 (house) + 族 (clan): the clan under one roof

From hanja 家族, the same word as Chinese jiāzú and Japanese kazoku. 가 (家) is the house in 가정 (home) and 가구 (furniture); 족 (族) is the clan in 민족 (ethnic group). House-clan = family.

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