The kanji 氏: meaning, readings and stroke order

氏

Meaning: family name, clan
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: うじ uji
Strokes: 4
Radical: 氏 clan
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: họ, dòng họ (thị)
Japanese: みょうじ。いえのなまえ。
Korean: 성, 씨 (씨)
Chinese: 姓氏

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

氏し名めい
full name
紙に 氏し名めいを書きます。
I write my full name on the paper.

うじ uji · kun reading · less common

氏うじ
clan, family line
むかしの 氏うじの名をしらべます。
I look up the names of old clans.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.