姓 — Chinese character
姓
xìng
name, family name, surname; clan, people
- Pinyin
- xìng
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 女 生
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 生
- Japanese
- 姓 as a kanji
Common words with 姓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百姓 | bǎi xìng | common people |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name; full name |
| 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | ordinary people; the "person in the street" |
| 姓氏 | xìng shì | family name |
| 种姓 (種姓) | zhǒng xìng | caste (traditional Indian social division) |
| 贵姓 (貴姓) | guì xìng | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? |
| 隐姓埋名 (隱姓埋名) | yǐn xìng mái míng | to conceal one's identity; living incognito |
| 改姓 | gǎi xìng | to change one's surname |
| 汉姓 (漢姓) | hàn xìng | a Han family name (surname); (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group |
| 复姓 (復姓) | fù xìng | to revert to one's original surname |
| 复姓 (複姓) | fù xìng | two-character surname (such as 司马 (Sī mǎ) or 诸葛 (Zhū gě)) |
| 同名同姓 | tóng míng tóng xìng | having same given name and family name |
English words written with 姓
姓 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 6 · Art of War 5 · Mencius 23 · Zhuangzi 10 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 17
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 49
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 12.9
- Analects 14.45
- Analects 20.1
- Art of War 2.10
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