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姓 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
4Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
セイ・ショウせい・しょう · sei · shō
Kun
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Meaning
surname

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

女 with 生 "birth": showing one's line of birth — a surname.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei姓名せいめい改姓かいせい同姓どうせい
Onショウしょうshō百姓ひゃくしょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 姓名せいめい

    full name

  • 旧姓きゅうせい

    maiden name

More words with this kanji

  • 姓せい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

書類(しょるい)に姓名(せいめい)を書(か)いた。

I wrote my full name on the form.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

姓名旧姓姓名name旧old奴fellow妙exquis…娘daught…婚marria…奥interi…召summon床floor征subjug…沼marsh咲bloom
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 女Map of reading セイAll maps

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