# 属 genus/affiliation

(corpse) + 虫 (insizzect) + (George Michael's Moustache)
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12 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

ZOKU | I'm not in the bosoZOKU gang but I'm affiliated with them, so I can act like a big shot.

## Mnemonic

| The bug crawling across the corpse's Moustache appears to be the genus of drosophila melogaster, the common housefly. Soon it will lay eggs in the tender hairs.

## Jukugo

所属(しょぞく) する | to belong to a department ★★☆☆☆ 所 (area / attribute) + 属 (genus/affiliation) = 所属 (to belong to a department) to belong to such-and-such a department. "Hi! I'm Ross Henderson, from Marketing!"
金属(きんぞく) | metallic ★☆☆☆☆ 金 (gold) + 属 (genus/affiliation) = 金属 (metallic)
xxx 付属(ふぞく) yyy | physically attached ★☆☆☆☆ 付 (stick to) + 属 (genus/affiliation) = 付属 (physically attached) to be physically attached or part of a set. The bolts and nuts that come with an ikea furniture thing.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
属 | genus/affiliation | BUGS | 虫
層 | layer | GET | 曽

BUGS have genus and species. Layers GET piled up.

## Synonyms

affiliated 所属 xxx附属yyy 付属