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    3. 姓

    姓

    姓セイ

    surname

    N2KMT9Freq #1628Family & RelationshipsKanji8 strokes

    On'yomi

    セイショウ

    surname

    女生

    女
    生

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    姐姑始姉妬妹妲姆妹姆

    Concepts using this kanji

    姓

    surname

    旧姓

    one's original family name

    同姓

    same surname

    百姓

    farmer

    姓名

    (full) name

    同姓同名

    having the same family name and given name (as someone else)

    中小姓

    low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

    本百姓

    freeholding farmer

    小百姓

    peasant

    土百姓

    farmer

    氏姓制度

    uji-kabane system

    本姓

    real or original name

    百姓家

    farmer's home

    八姓

    eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

    四姓

    the four Hindu castes

    元姓

    former surname

    姓名判断

    fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name

    小姓

    (noble's) page

    姓氏

    full name

    どん百姓

    dirt-poor farmer

    お百姓さん

    farmer

    被官百姓

    serf

    四種姓

    varna (each of India's four castes)

    外姓

    mother's family name

    八色の姓

    eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

    改姓

    change of one's family name

    別姓

    different surname

    下姓

    person of humble birth

    夫婦別姓

    use of separate surnames by a married couple

    新姓

    new surname (after marrying, etc.)

    姓が変わる

    to assume a new surname

    現姓

    one's current family name

    易姓革命

    revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)

    百姓読み

    unorthodox reading of kanji (in compounds)

    姓名不詳

    unidentified

    別姓婚

    marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

    他姓

    another surname

    復姓

    reverting to one's original family name

    百姓一揆

    peasant uprising (Edo period)

    選択的夫婦別姓

    (system of) optional separate surnames for married couples

    異姓

    different surname

    水呑百姓

    poor peasant

    新撰姓氏録

    Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)

    複姓

    two-character surname (in China)

    漢姓

    Chinese surname

    俗姓

    secular surname (of a priest)

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    • 女
    • 生

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    • 異姓
    • 下姓
    • 改姓
    • 旧姓
    • 姓
    • 姓氏
    • 姓名
    • 俗姓
    • 他姓
    • 同姓
    • 百姓
    • 百姓一揆
    • 百姓家
    • 土百姓
    • 水呑百姓
    • 小百姓
    • 小姓
    • 本姓
    • 姓名判断
    • 外姓
    • 四姓
    • 氏姓制度
    • 姓が変わる
    • 夫婦別姓
    • 同姓同名
    • 易姓革命
    • 姓名不詳
    • お百姓さん
    • 元姓
    • 四種姓
    • 八色の姓
    • 八姓
    • 百姓読み
    • 被官百姓
    • 中小姓
    • どん百姓
    • 本百姓
    • 現姓
    • 漢姓
    • 別姓
    • 複姓
    • 復姓
    • 選択的夫婦別姓
    • 別姓婚
    • 新姓
    • 新撰姓氏録

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