氏 — Chinese character
氏
shì
clan, family; maiden name
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 83 ⽒ (Clan)
- Strokes
- 4
- Formation
- ideographic — A person bowing down
- Japanese
- 氏 as a kanji
Common words with 氏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氏族 | shì zú | clan |
| 姓氏 | xìng shì | family name |
| 无名氏 (無名氏) | wú míng shì | anonymous person |
| 沙门氏菌 (沙門氏菌) | shā mén shì jūn | Salmonella |
| 人氏 | rén shì | native; person from a particular place |
| 奥氏体 (奧氏體) | ào shì tǐ | (metallurgy) austenite; austenitic |
| 马氏体 (馬氏體) | mǎ shì tǐ | (metallurgy) martensite; martensitic |
| 阏氏 (閼氏) | yān zhī | formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 贝氏体 (貝氏體) | bèi shì tǐ | (metallurgy) bainite; bainitic |
| 克雅氏病 | kè yǎ shì bìng | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) |
| 列氏温标 (列氏溫標) | liè shì wēn biāo | Réaumur temperature scale |
| 唐氏儿 (唐氏兒) | táng shì ér | child with Down syndrome |
English words written with 氏
氏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 18 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 52
- Analects 3.1
- Analects 3.6
- Analects 3.21
- Analects 3.22
- Analects 6.7
- Analects 11.16
- Analects 13.2
- Analects 14.10
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