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Family Clan 氏 Fishhook シ うじ、 うじ Surname 氏名(しめい

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi うじ、-うじ
English family name, surname, clan
Examples 氏名(しめい): full name; identity
氏(うじ): family name; lineage; birth
氏(し): (1) Mr (2) clan (3) he; him (4) counter for people
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 84
Components 氏: clan, clan radical (no. 83)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 83
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading うじ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword family name
Koohii Story 1 Looks a bit like Ft => Family title => Family name.
Koohii Story 2 The family name is important to me! Drop me from a building, torture me with a fishhook, I´m keeping my one family name. Hook me with a second fishhook, I refuse to change my family name.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade4, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_people_role.status

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