The kanji 属 primarily conveys the idea of "belonging," "to be affiliated with," or "to be subordinate to." It implies a relationship where something or someone is part of a larger group, category, or under the control of another entity. It often suggests a connection, association, or dependency.

・On-yomi (音読み): ぞく (zoku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): さかん (sakan)

⚫︎ 所属 (しょぞく) Translation: affiliation; belonging; attached to ⚫︎ 金属 (きんぞく) Translation: metal ⚫︎ 部属 (ぶぞく) Translation: subordinate; belonging to a department

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The kanji 属 is a phono-semantic compound. The left side is a part of the character 尺(shaku), which originally represented the hand, and later evolved to mean "measure" or "limit." The right side is 蜀(shoku), which represents the name of a region, a country, and later used phonetically to indicate the sound "zoku" meaning belong to. Over time, the meaning of 属 evolved to represent the idea of something belonging to a group or being subordinate to something else.