簇 Strokes Write it Listen 簇 cù bunch, cluster; crowd, swarm HSK 7–9 17 strokes Radical ⺮ Sound + meaning 1 word Built from⺮meaningzhúbamboo; flute族soundzúrace, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan How it works⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo), and 族 zú hints at the sound.