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氏
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

family name

HSK 7 N1
Human →Relations →Groups
shì
シ
うじ、-うじ
씨, 지
Original meaning unclear. Possibly a picture of a hammer or a spoon.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
氏
Regular
Modern
Chinese
氏 [shì]
clan name; maiden name
氏 [zhī]
see 月氏[Yuè​zhī] and 閼氏|阏氏[yān​zhī]
Japanese
氏 うじ 同音

noun

  1. family name; lineage; birth
  2. clan
氏 し 同音
  1. suffix honorific Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss
  2. nounsuffix clan
  3. pronoun honorific he; him
  4. counter honorific counter for people
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
人は氏より育ち。
Birth is much, breeding is more.
１９９５年、安藤氏は建築におけるもっとも権威ある賞を受賞した。
In 1995, Andou received architecture's most prestigious award.
それらの事実から判断すれば、森氏は金持ちにちがいない。
Judging from those facts, Mr Mori must be a wealthy person.
Japanese Names
氏 うじ
Uji surname
氏 うじふく
Ujifuku unclassified name
氏 し
Shi unclassified name
氏 とも
Tomo female given name
氏 はまうじ
Hamauji surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
摄氏度 [Shè​shì​dù] #18,552
°C (degrees Celsius)
摄氏度 [Shè​shì​dù] #18,552
°C (degrees Celsius)
姓氏 [xìng​shì] #10,350
family name
华氏 [Huá​shì] #9,551
Fahrenheit
华氏 [Huá​shì] #9,551
Fahrenheit
无名氏 [wú​míng​shì] #11,828
anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)
无名氏 [wú​míng​shì] #11,828
anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)
摄氏 [Shè​shì] #19,149
Celsius
摄氏 [Shè​shì] #19,149
Celsius
氏族 [shì​zú] #22,409
clan
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (72)
⭐ 兄 [あに] #1,391
older brother
⭐ 彼氏 [かれし] #3,311
boyfriend
⭐ 氏名 [しめい] #25,873
(full) name
中出し [なかだし] #27,581
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation
⭐ 源氏 [げんじ] #27,869
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
⭐ 氏族 [しぞく] #29,578
clan
源氏物語 [げんじものがたり] #43,161
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
氏子 [うじこ] #46,531
shrine parishioner
諸氏 [しょし] #47,232
(all of) you or them
⭐ 氏神 [うじがみ] #52,261
patron god
62 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
섭씨
Celsius; centigrade
성씨
family name; last name
화씨
Fahrenheit