Keyword
family
- clan
- maiden name
- Frequency
- #1852
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
shì
Mnemonic
A person bowing down
Stroke order
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
氏
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 (Wángshì) "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 (LǐWángshì) "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
氏族
clan
姓氏
family name
摄氏
Celsius; centigrade
摄氏度
°C (degrees Celsius)
华氏
Fahrenheit
无名氏
anonymous person
罗氏
Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company that focuses on pharmaceuticals and diagnostics
李氏
the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
金氏
Guinness (name) (Tw)
段氏
a branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people
卢氏县
Lushi, a county in Sanmenxia City 三门峡市 (SānménxiáShì), Henan
庞氏
Ponzi (name); Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏
月氏
ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
芮氏
(Tw) (seismology) Richter (scale)
沙门氏菌
Salmonella
源氏物语
The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
人氏
native; person from a particular place
奥氏体
(metallurgy) austenite; austenitic
巴氏
Pasteur
里氏
(seismology) Richter (scale)
尉氏县
Weishi, a county in Kaifeng City 开封市 (KāifēngShì), Henan
马氏体
(metallurgy) martensite; martensitic
普氏
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870