氏

family name, surname, clan

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-うじうじ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:4

JLPT:N1

Frequency:84

Vocabulary

シ

Word	Reading	Meaning
氏名	シメイ	(full) name; identity
同氏	ドウシ	the said person; he; she; same surname
両氏	リョウシ	both persons
氏族	シゾク	clan; family
失名氏	シツメイシ	unknown person

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
氏名	うじな	(full) name; identity
摂氏	せっし	Celsius; centigrade
源氏	げんじ	Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
セ氏	セし	Celsius; centigrade
氏	し	Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

people, nation, subjects

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

lower, short, humble

residence, mansion

measuring box, 1.8 liter

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel