HSK 3 · People & Groups
民族
mín zú
ethnic group; nation
Stroke order of 民族
2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
民 · 5 strokes族 · 11 strokes
Memory trick
The people 民 under one banner 族 with arrows: an ethnic nation.
Parts: 民 people + 族 clan (flag 方 + arrow 矢)
Example sentence
中国有五十六个民族。
China has fifty-six ethnic groups.