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Keyword
surname
Frequency
#1628
Strokes
8
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1678
Readings
セイ80%
ショウ20%
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
姓せい
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
Noun
旧きゅう姓せい
one's original family name; maiden name
Noun
百ひゃく姓しょう
farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand; farming; the common people
Noun
同どう姓せい
same surname
Noun
素す姓じょう
birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history; past; provenance
Noun
百ひゃく姓せい
the common people
Noun
姓かばね
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); kabane; clan
Noun
百姓おおみたから
imperial subjects; the people
Noun
別べっ姓せい
different surname; married couple maintaining separate surnames
Noun
姓せい名めい
(full) name; family name and given name
Noun
小こ姓しょう
(noble's) page
Noun
改かい姓せい
change of one's family name; changed family name
Noun
本ほん姓せい
real or original name
Noun
姓せい氏し
full name; family name
Noun
易えき姓せい革かく命めい
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
Noun