氏 – vocab dash

Keyword

family name

surname
clan

Frequency: #84
Strokes: 4
Grade: 4
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1970

Readings

シ89%

うじ11%

Mnemonic

A crooked F with a spare tail is branded on every heir's backside, so even the rotting corpses in the crypt still carry the family name.

Stroke order

Used in kanji

紙paper 祇earthly god 氐ancient tribe 帋stationary 忯to be fond of 芪celery 昏lose consciousness 衹only 舐lick 赿late slow

Used in vocabulary

氏し

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

Suffix

氏し名めい

(full) name; identity

Noun

同どう氏し

the said person; he; she; same surname

Noun

彼かれ氏し

boyfriend

Noun

両りょう氏し

both persons

Noun

源げん氏じ

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

Noun

氏し族ぞく

clan; family

Noun

氏うじ

family name; lineage; birth; clan

Noun

氏上このかみ

eldest son; older brother; older sister; older person; head of a clan; head of a region; skilled craftsman

Noun

氏しね

drop dead; go to hell; fuck you

Interjection

摂せっ氏し

Celsius; centigrade

Noun

セ氏し

Celsius; centigrade

Noun

源げん氏じ物もの語がたり

The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

Noun

氏うじ子こ

shrine parishioner

Noun

諸しょ氏し

(all of) you or them

Noun

某ぼう氏し

a certain person; unnamed person; Mr. So-and-so; a certain someone who shall remain unnamed

Noun

カ氏し

Fahrenheit

Noun

氏うじ神がみ

patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

Noun

杜氏とうじ

chief brewer at a sake brewery

Noun

源げん氏じ名な

"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha

Noun

源げん氏じ蛍ぼたる

Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)

Noun

姓せい氏し

full name; family name

Noun