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氏

氏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

family name, surname, clan

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Kun (native)
  • うじJHS
  • 〜うじJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 拼音zhi1
  • 한글ssi
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtThị
  • Hán-ViệtChi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
氏(うじ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6C0F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸#𫠠

Words using this kanji

  • 氏名しめい（しめい）と。苗字と名前。 （うじな）その家族や家系を示す名。苗字。(full) name, identity
  • 氏し（シ、うじ）古代日本社会における、親族を中心とした社会集団。 （シ、うじ）親族集団をあらわす名称。 （シ、うじ）（明治以降）姓、苗字。Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss
  • 氏族しぞく同じ祖先を持つ（と認めあう）人達の血族的な集団。。clan, family
  • 氏神うじがみ「うじがみ」の漢字表記。patron god, tutelar deity, guardian deity, local deity
  • 氏子うじこshrine parishioner
  • 氏うじ（シ、うじ）古代日本社会における、親族を中心とした社会集団。 （シ、うじ）親族集団をあらわす名称。 （シ、うじ）（明治以降）姓、苗字。family name, lineage, birth, clan
  • 氏人うじびとlineal descendant, clan member
  • 氏寺うじでら「うじでら」の漢字表記。shrine built to a guardian deity
  • 氏文うじぶみancient clan record (incl. their origins, their achievements, etc.)
  • 氏上うじのかみhead of a clan
  • 氏ぬしぬ「死ぬ」の伏せ字的表現。to die
  • 氏子札うじこふだcharm for shrine visitors
  • 氏子帳うじこちょうshrine visitors' register
  • 氏素性うじすじょう(a person's) family background, lineage
  • 氏名権しめいけんright to use one's name, one's identity
  • 氏族制度しぞくせいどfamily or clan system
  • 氏姓制度しせいせいどuji-kabane system, system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
  • 氏の意見しのいけんhis opinion
  • 氏子総代うじこそうだいparishioner representative
  • 氏より育ちうじよりそだち家柄より育つ環境が人柄に大きく影響し、大切であるということ。nurture over nature, how one is brought up matters more than one's origins

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-2
Four Corner
7274.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.25
Heisig
1970
Nelson
2478