氏 (shì): meaning and stroke order
氏 (shì) means (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan").
氏
- Simplified
- 氏
- Traditional
- 氏 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shì · zhī
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Stroke order of 氏
氏
- shì (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang")
- zhī used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 氏
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shì
- (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")
- (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang")
- (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
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zhī
- used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]
- used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
Radical and structure
- 氏
- Radical 氏 (Kangxi radical 83) · 4 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 氏
- 大月氏 Dà Yuè zhī the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).