• 家族かぞく — family
• 民族みんぞく — ethnic group, people
• 一族いちぞく — clan, family group
• 種族しゅぞく — species, race
• 王族おうぞく — royal family
• 親族しんぞく — relatives, kin

The character 族 refers to a group of people with common ties, such as family or ethnic identity. It often appears in compound words relating to clans, tribes, or organized social units.