姓

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Radical: 女 + 生

[edit] Han character

姓 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女竹手一 (VHQM), four-corner 4541₀, composition ⿰女生)

1. one's family name
2. clan, people

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 259, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6178
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1037, character 12
• Unihan data for U+59D3

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

姓 (Yale sing3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

姓 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せい (sei), しょう (shō)
• Kun: かばね (kabane)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

姓 (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

姓 (pinyin xìng (xing4), Wade-Giles hsing⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 姓名
• 姓氏

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

姓 (tính)