Korean clan

C48594
concept

A Korean clan is a traditional kinship group sharing a common surname and ancestral origin, often traced to a specific founding ancestor and ancestral seat (bon-gwan), that structures lineage, identity, and social relations in Korean society.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Korean clan canonical 6
Korean royal family name 1
氏族名 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Korean clan
Generated description
A Korean clan is a traditional kinship group sharing a common surname and ancestral origin, often traced to a specific founding ancestor and ancestral seat (bon-gwan), that structures lineage, identity, and social relations in Korean society.

Instances (8)

Instance Via concept surface
Gimhae Kim clan
Gyeongju Kim clan
Andong Kim clan
Jeonju Kim clan
Nagan Kim clan
Uiseong Kim clan
源氏 氏族名
Yi Korean royal family name