Chinese symbol for “surname”
姓
xìng
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surname is 姓 (xìng), defined as: family name; surname; to be surnamed ....
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character 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? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surname”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.