姓
姓 — seong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 성 성
- Romanization
- seong
- English
- one's family name; clan, people
- Mandarin
- xìng
- Japanese on'yomi
- セイ, ショウ, ソウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- かばね
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,628 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 (38, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+59D3
Parts that make up 姓
How 姓 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 姓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 生.
Korean example words with 姓
- 개성改姓 Korean gloss: 성을 바꿈
- 동성同姓 Korean gloss: 같은 성(姓)
- 각성各姓 Korean gloss: 서로 다른 성씨
- 성함姓銜 Korean gloss: ‘성명’의 높임말
- 속성俗姓 Korean gloss: 승려가 되기 전의 성
- 성자姓字 Korean gloss: 성(姓)을 나타내는 글자
- 이성異姓 Korean gloss: 성이 다름. 또는 다른 성
- 존성尊姓 Korean gloss: 남의 성을 높여 이르는 말
- 타성他姓 Korean gloss: 성이 다름. 또는 다른 성
- 이성二姓 Korean gloss: 혼인을 한 남자와 여자의 양쪽 집
- 벽성僻姓 Korean gloss: 흔하게 볼 수 없는 아주 드문 성(姓)
- 본성本姓 Korean gloss: 성(姓)을 고치기 이전에 본디 가졌던 성
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 姓
- 姓せい surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 旧姓きゅうせい one's original family name; maiden name
- 同姓どうせい same surname
- 百姓ひゃくしょう farmer; peasant; farm laborer
- 姓名せいめい (full) name; family name and given name
- 異姓いせい different surname; different family name
- 下姓げしょう person of humble birth
- 改姓かいせい change of one's family name; changed family name
- 姓氏せいし full name; family name; clan
- 俗姓ぞくしょう secular surname (of a priest)
- 他姓たせい another surname
- 小姓こしょう (noble's) page
Other hanja read “성”
Other hanja with radical 女
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