姓

surname

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウセイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1628

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
百姓	ヒャクショウ	farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
下姓	ゲショウ	person of humble birth
種姓	シュショウ	birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history; past; provenance; origin
俗姓	ゾクショウ	secular surname (of a priest)
土百姓	ドビャクショウ	farmer; peasant

セイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
旧姓	キュウセイ	one's original family name; maiden name
姓名	セイメイ	(full) name; family name and given name
同姓	ドウセイ	same surname
異姓	イセイ	different surname; different family name
改姓	カイセイ	change of one's family name; changed family name

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
姓	せい	surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
姓	しょう	surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
姓	そう	surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
素姓	すじょう	birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history; past; provenance; origin
素姓	すぞう	birth; lineage; parentage; origin; identity; background; history; past; provenance; origin

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse

sex, gender, nature

life, genuine, birth

responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly

plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper

pillar, post, cylinder, support