姓 — kanji meaning “surname”
姓
surname
- Meanings
- surname
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)、ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1628 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- xìng — Chinese character page
Words with 姓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同姓 | どうせい dousei | same surname |
| 百姓 | ひゃくしょう hyakushou | farmer; peasant; farm laborer |
| 姓名 | せいめい seimei | (full) name; family name and given name |
| 旧姓 | きゅうせい kyuusei | one's original family name; maiden name |
| 百姓 | ひゃくせい hyakusei | the common people |
| 別姓 | べっせい bessei | different surname |
| 小姓 | こしょう koshou | (noble's) page |
| 改姓 | かいせい kaisei | change of one's family name |
| 本姓 | ほんせい honsei | real or original name |
| 姓氏 | せいし seishi | full name; family name |
| 易姓革命 | えきせいかくめい ekiseikakumei | revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) |
| 異姓 | いせい isei | different surname; different family name |
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