KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 姓

セイ, ショウ
surname
This kanji has 8 strokes: 3 strokes in the "woman" radical (おんな) and 5 other strokes
Sample Compounds (43):
1.

せいめい

full name
2.

きゅうせい

one''s former (maiden) name
3.

どうせい

same surname
4.

ひゃくしょう

(sens) farmer, peasant, country bumpkin, farming, the common people
5.

せい

surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
6.

ほんせい

real or original name
7.
わる
せいがかわる

to assume a new surname
8.
さん
おひゃくしょうさん

farmer
9.

せいし

full name, family name
10.

えきせいかくめい

revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
11.

いせい

different name
12.

せいめいはんだん

fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one''s name
13.

げしょう

person of humble birth
14.

せいめいふしょう

unidentified, name unknown
15.

かいせい

changing one''s family name
16.

すじょう

birth, lineage, parentage, origin, identity, background, history
17.

がいせい

mothers family name
18.

ぞくせい

(a priest''s) secular surname
19.

たせい

another surname
20.

げんせい

former surname, original surname
21.

どびゃくしょう

(pejorative term for a) dirt-poor farmer
22.

ししゅせい

varna (each of India''s four castes)
23.

しせい

the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan), varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
24.

どうせいどうめい

(having) same family and personal name
25.

しせいせいど

former naming system
26.

はっしきのかばね

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
27.

うじすじょう

(a person''s) family background, lineage
28.

やくさのかばね

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
29.

すじょう

birth, lineage, parentage, origin, identity, background, history
30.

はっしきのかばね

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
31.

こしょう

(noble''s) page
32.

やくさのかばね

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
33.

こびゃくしょう

peasant, small farmer
34.

はっせい

eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
35.

みずのみびゃくしょう

poor peasant or farmer
36.

みずのみびゃくしょう

poor peasant or farmer
37.

ひゃくせい

the common people
38.

かばね

hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing), clan
39.

ひゃくしょういっき

peasant''s revolt
40.

しょう

surname, family name
41.

ひゃくしょうや

farmer''s home
42.

ふうふべっせい

(system of) husband and wife retaining separate family names
43.

そう

surname, family name

Kuten Code: 3211
EUC Code: c0ab
Shift-JIS Code: 90a9
JIS Code: 402b
Unicode: 59d3
Radical Index: 38
Frequency Rank: 1628
Jouyou Grade: 8
DeRoo Code: 1772
Four Corner code: 4541.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 279
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1203
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1196
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 440
"Kanji in Context" Index: 598
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 209
"Essential Kanji" Index: 1150
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 3e5.3
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 1746
Morohashi Index: 6178
Morohashi Volume.Page: 3.668
Gakken Index: 1471
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1766
"Japanese Names" Index: 1557
Korean Reading: seong
Pinyin: xing4

Radical Index : : 姓

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