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Kanji Detail for 姓 - "surname, clan, title"
姓
- Meaning
姓 means "surname, clan, title."
Surname - Something indicating bloodline or family lineage.
Clan - Something indicating occupation or family status. "Clan" and "surname" were distinguished but became confused after the Han dynasty.
Title - A designation indicating family status or hereditary office.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
surname
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
one's family name; clan, people
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
name, family name, surname; clan, people
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Birth. Anciently, surnames were given based on birth, to indicate one's origin, for distinguishing marriages.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords
Sentences including 姓
She was a smith before her marriage.
I didn't get your last name.
I didn't catch your last name.