屬
shǔzhǔ HSK3

class, category

属 (屬) shǔ frequency
belong to verb
to belong to, be subordinate to, or be affiliated with

这个机构直属教育部管辖。

zhè gè jī​gòu zhí shǔ Jiào​yù​bù guǎn​xiá.

This institution is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

category noun
a category or taxonomic genus

这种罕见的兰花在植物学分类上属于兰属。

zhè zhǒng hǎn​jiàn de lán​huā zài zhí​wù​xué fēn​lèi shàng shǔ​yú lán​shǔ.

This rare orchid belongs to the genus Cymbidium in botanical classification.

constitute verb
to be, to prove to be, or to constitute

他的这种做法属违规行为，理应受到警告。

tā de zhè zhǒng zuò​fǎ shǔ wéi​guī xíng​wéi, lǐ​yīng shòu​dào jǐng​gào.

His actions constitute a violation and deserve a warning.

zodiac sign verb
to be born in the year of one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals

他属猴，他弟弟属狗。

tā shǔ hóu, tā dì​di shǔ gǒu.

He was born in the Year of the Monkey, and his younger brother was born in the Year of the Dog.

family noun
family members or dependents

他的家属目前都在国外生活。

tā de jiā shǔ mù​qián dōu zài guó​wài shēng​huó.

His family members are currently living abroad.

属 (屬) zhǔ
join verb
to join together

他属文以叙其事。

tā zhǔ wén yǐ xù qí shì.

He composed an article to recount the events.

focus verb
to fix one's attention on or concentrate on

他属意于这位优秀的年轻人。

tā zhǔ​yì yú zhè wèi yōu​xiù de nián​qīng​rén.

He has set his heart on this excellent young man.

Frequency
Character
Written text
610th most common 343.0 per million
Movie subtitles
951st most common 114.4 per million appears in 45% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.67 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
81.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
属
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+5C6C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)