In China, the word minzu (Chinese: 民族; pinyin: mínzú) means a community that inherits culture (文化) or consanguinity (血缘).
"Chinese nation") was about the same meaning with Han minzu (汉民族 / 漢民族, hàn mínzú, lit.
After the 1911 Revolution, the concept of "Five Races Under One Union" was introduced, and later Zhonghua minzu united various ethnic groups in China.
In the modern Japanese language, minzoku (民族) is mainly used to express "ethnic group", instead "nation" is translated into kokumin (国民).
From the 1930s to 1945, the Japanese imperialists proclaimed the idea of "national liberation" (民族自決, minzu jiefang) and "national self-determination" (民族解放, minzu zijue) to encourage the separation of Northeast China and North China from the rest of the country.
[7] In Postwar Japan, liberal nationalists like Masao Maruyama emphasized "国民主義" (kokumin shugi, lit.
[9] Today, in South Korea, left-liberals tend to value minjok (the Korean race) over the North–South ideological and political divide.
[14] Some Northeast Asia's nationalists value the 'blood purity' when defining 民族, showing racial nationalism.
[16] According to some scholars, Northeast Asia's "nationalism" (民族主義) has right Hegelians and 19th century notions of blood and soil.