姓
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family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 姓
- Common rank
- #2,118
- Unicode
- U+59D3
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Formation & memory
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Words with 姓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行不改姓，坐不改名 | 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 | 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 | common people; average people; hoi polloi | |
| 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 | only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not; quod lice… | |
| 平头百姓 | common people; ordinary people | |
| 同名同姓 | having same given name and family name | |
| 鱼肉百姓 | to prey on the people | |
| 种姓制度 | caste system | |
| 百家姓 | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames | |
| 老百姓 | ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 种姓制 | caste system (traditional Indian social division) | |
| 顶名冒姓 | to pretend to be sb else | |
| 娘家姓 | maiden name (of married woman) | |
| 姓名 | surname and given name; full name | |
| 单姓 | single-character surname | |
| 百姓 | common people | |
| 复姓 | to revert to one's original surname | |
| 复姓 | two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1 ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1 ge3]) | |
| 汉姓 | a Han family name (surname); (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic gr… | |
| 隐名埋姓 | see 隱姓埋名|隐姓埋名[yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 生 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生 sound part | life, lifetime; birth; growth | |
| 性 | sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective | |
| 星 | star, planet; a point of light | |
| 胜 | victory; to excel, to truimph | |
| 牲 | sacrificial animal; domestic animal | |
| 笙 | free reed mouth organ | |
| 甥 | niece, nephew; sister's child | |
| 旌 | to signal; a flag adorned with feathers | |
| 眚 | cataract; fault, error, crime |