U+65CF "族" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+65CF "族" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "clan," "family," "ethnic group," or "race." It is composed of the radical "方" (fang, meaning direction or square) and the phonetic component "矢" (shi, meaning arrow), though its modern form also incorporates elements suggesting a banner or standard under which a group unites. This character appears frequently in words related to lineage and collective identity, such as "家族" (family), "民族" (nation or ethnic group), and "种族" (race). As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, it is used across multiple East Asian writing systems with similar meanings, reflecting its deep cultural importance in describing social and ethnic groupings.