氏 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「氏」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「氏」
- On
- シし · shi
- Kun
- うじuji
- Meaning
- family name; clan; Mr./Ms.
Stroke order
Origin
A pictograph thought to represent a clan or bloodline; it came to mean "family name / clan."
Readings and examples
| Onシしshi | 氏名しめい姓氏せいし某氏ぼうし |
|---|---|
| Kunうじuji | 氏し氏神うじがみ |
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
- 某氏ぼうし
- 秦氏はたし
- 潘氏はんし
- 薛氏せっし
- 裴氏はいし
Example
用紙に氏名を書く。
They write their full name on the form.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)