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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 氏

    氏

    氏うじ

    family name

    N1KMT2Freq #84Family & RelationshipsKanji4 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    うじ-うじ

    On'yomi

    シ

    family namesurnameclan

    氏

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    民氓民

    Concepts using this kanji

    同氏

    the said person

    氏名

    (full) name

    両氏

    both persons

    氏

    Mr

    セ氏

    Celsius

    源氏

    Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)

    氏族

    clan

    摂氏

    Celsius

    氏子

    shrine parishioner

    彼氏

    boyfriend

    氏人

    lineal descendant

    氏ぬ

    to die

    カ氏

    Fahrenheit

    月氏

    Yuezhi (ancient Central Asian people)

    平氏

    Heike family

    氏文

    ancient clan record (incl. their origins, their achievements, etc.)

    改氏

    change of one's surname

    氏上

    head of a clan

    氏の意見

    his opinion

    氏より育ち

    nurture over nature

    バセドー氏病

    Basedow's disease

    ハンセン氏病

    Hansen's disease

    失名氏

    unknown person

    無名氏

    anonymous person

    時の氏神

    person who turns up at the right moment to help

    氏名権

    right to use one's name

    藤氏

    Fujiwara family

    氏子総代

    parishioner representative

    氏子札

    charm for shrine visitors

    チン氏帯

    zonule of Zinn

    氏寺

    shrine built to a guardian deity

    氏族制度

    family or clan system

    住所氏名

    one's name and address

    氏素性

    (a person's) family background

    諸氏

    (all of) you or them

    列氏

    Réaumur temperature scale

    源氏パイ

    Genji Pie (palmier made by Sanritsu Confectionery)

    源氏名

    "professional name" used by hostesses and geisha

    欧氏管

    Eustachian tube

    セ氏温度

    degrees Celsius

    創氏改名

    policy that forced Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names (1939; abolished in 1945)

    彼氏面

    (someone) acting like a boyfriend even though not in a relationship

    氏神

    patron god

    ジーキル博士とハイド氏

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson)

    東漢氏

    Yamato no Aya clan

    源氏物語

    The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

    氏子帳

    shrine visitors' register

    源氏香

    Genjiko

    源氏星

    Rigel (star in the constellation Orion)

    氏姓制度

    uji-kabane system

    源氏絵

    genji-e

    尚氏

    Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)

    列氏温度

    Réaumur temperature scale

    李氏朝鮮

    Joseon dynasty (of Korea; 1392-1910)

    漢氏

    Aya clan

    春秋左氏伝

    Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC)

    華氏温度

    Fahrenheit temperature

    姓氏

    full name

    鄭氏政権

    Kingdom of Tungning (Taiwan, 1661-1683)

    該氏

    the said person

    源氏豆

    sugar-coated soybeans

    女氏無くして玉の輿に乗る

    even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)

    旦那氏

    hubby

    俺氏

    I

    杜氏

    chief brewer at a sake brewery

    摂氏温度

    degrees Celsius

    某氏

    a certain person

    挨拶は時の氏神

    blessed are the peacemakers

    新撰姓氏録

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

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    • 源氏物語
    • 氏
    • 氏子
    • 氏子札
    • 氏子帳
    • 氏神
    • 氏名
    • 失名氏
    • 姓氏
    • 摂氏
    • 同氏
    • 彼氏
    • 平氏
    • 某氏
    • 両氏
    • 源氏
    • セ氏
    • 無名氏
    • 氏族
    • 諸氏
    • 氏人
    • 氏寺
    • 氏族制度
    • 氏素性
    • 氏より育ち
    • 氏姓制度
    • 氏の意見
    • 藤氏
    • 杜氏
    • 住所氏名
    • カ氏
    • 創氏改名
    • 該氏
    • ハンセン氏病
    • 李氏朝鮮
    • 源氏名
    • 氏文
    • 時の氏神
    • 東漢氏
    • 漢氏
    • 氏上
    • 華氏温度
    • 月氏
    • 源氏星
    • 氏ぬ
    • 尚氏
    • 氏子総代
    • 挨拶は時の氏神
    • 摂氏温度
    • セ氏温度
    • 改氏
    • 俺氏
    • 旦那氏
    • 女氏無くして玉の輿に乗る
    • 列氏温度
    • 列氏
    • 鄭氏政権
    • 源氏絵
    • 源氏香
    • バセドー氏病
    • 氏名権
    • 源氏豆
    • 彼氏面
    • チン氏帯
    • 欧氏管
    • ジーキル博士とハイド氏
    • 新撰姓氏録
    • 源氏パイ
    • 春秋左氏伝

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