氏 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「氏」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「氏」
- On
- シ
- Kun
- うじ
- Meaning
- family name; clan; Mr./Ms.
Origin
A pictograph thought to represent a clan or bloodline; it came to mean "family name / clan."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| シ | 氏名・姓氏・某氏 |
|---|---|
| うじ | 氏・氏神 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 氏名しめい
full name
- 氏神うじがみ
local guardian deity
Example
名簿に氏名を書く。
I write my full name on the list.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)