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氏 kanji
family name, surname, clan
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
うじ-うじ
Words with 氏
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —改氏change of one's surname
- —俺氏I; me
- —列氏Réaumur temperature scale; degrees Réaumur
- —失名氏unknown person
- —無名氏anonymous person; a nobody
- —源氏名"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
- —源氏星Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; Genji star
- —旦那氏hubby; (my) husband
- —源氏絵genji-e; ukiyo-e depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji
- —源氏香Genjikō; incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji
- —氏名権right to use one's name; one's identity
- —源氏豆sugar-coated soybeans
- —彼氏面(someone) acting like a boyfriend even though not in a relationship
- —欧氏管Eustachian tube
- —源氏蛍Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)
- —源氏物語The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
- —氏族制度family or clan system
- —氏姓制度uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
- —氏の意見his opinion
- —住所氏名one's name and address