姓
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,118 U+59D3
How 姓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 生 (phonetic, shēng)
How to remember it
surname · Heisig RSH #1220
女 woman + cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 生
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 生 (shēng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生 sound component | shēng | life, lifetime; birth; growth |
| 性 | xìng | sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective |
| 星 | xīng | star, planet; a point of light |
| 胜 | shèng | victory; to excel, to truimph |
| 牲 | shēng | sacrificial animal; domestic animal |
| 笙 | shēng | free reed mouth organ |
| 甥 | shēng | niece, nephew; sister's child |
| 旌 | jīng | to signal; a flag adorned with feathers |
| 眚 | shěng | cataract; fault, error, crime |
Words containing 姓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行不改姓，坐不改名 | xíng bù gǎi xìng , zuò bù gǎi míng | see 行不更名，坐不改姓[xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 xing4] |
| 行不更名，坐不改姓 | xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìng | I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions |
| 普通老百姓 | pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng | common people; average people; hoi polloi |
| 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 | zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng | only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not; quod lice… |
| 平头百姓 | píng tóu bǎi xìng | common people; ordinary people |
| 同名同姓 | tóng míng tóng xìng | having same given name and family name |
| 鱼肉百姓 | yú ròu bǎi xìng | to prey on the people |
| 种姓制度 | zhǒng xìng zhì dù | caste system |
| 百家姓 | Bǎi jiā xìng | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames |
| 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 种姓制 | zhǒng xìng zhì | caste system (traditional Indian social division) |
| 顶名冒姓 | dǐng míng mào xìng | to pretend to be sb else |
| 娘家姓 | niáng jia xìng | maiden name (of married woman) |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name; full name |
| 单姓 | dān xìng | single-character surname |
| 百姓 | bǎi xìng | common people |
| 复姓 | fù xìng | to revert to one's original surname |
| 复姓 | fù xìng | two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1 ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1 ge3]) |
| 汉姓 | hàn xìng | a Han family name (surname); (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic gr… |
| 隐名埋姓 | yǐn míng mái xìng | see 隱姓埋名|隐姓埋名[yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2] |