A Japanese clan or a group of related families; also can mean 'can' in some languages; historically a Chinese dynasty.
From Japanese 'kan' relating to groupings or organizations. In Chinese, it can refer to the Han dynasty or administrative divisions.
In feudal Japan, the kan system organized society—similar to how European families had kingdoms, Japanese clans had organized territories with strict loyalty codes!
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