姓
surname
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1628.
Readings
- セイ (on reading): 姓 (せい) surname; 旧姓 (きゅうせい) one's original family name
- ショウ (on reading): 小姓 (こしょう) (noble's) page; 百姓 (ひゃくしょう) farmer
Components
Words using 姓
- 姓 (せい) surname
- 旧姓 (きゅうせい) one's original family name
- 本姓 (ほんせい) real or original name
- 姓氏 (せいし) full name
- 改姓 (かいせい) change of one's family name
- 小姓 (こしょう) (noble's) page
- 百姓 (ひゃくしょう) farmer
- 俗姓 (ぞくしょう) secular surname (of a priest)
- 百姓一揆 (ひゃくしょういっき) peasant uprising (Edo period)
- 下姓 (げしょう) person of humble birth
- 姓 (かばね) hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 八色の姓 (やくさのかばね) eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
48 words in all.