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姓 Clan - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
English: Clan
Romaji:
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Kanji: 姓 (8 Strokes)
Grade Level: 8
JLPT Level: JLPT 2
Frequency Rank: 1628
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

しんせんしょうじろく :: 新撰姓氏録 Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)

しんせい :: 新姓 New surname (after marrying, etc.)

べっせいこん :: 別姓婚 Marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname

せんたくてきふうふべっせい :: 選択的夫婦別姓 (system of) optional separate surnames for married couples

ふくせい :: 復姓 Reverting to one's maiden name

ふくせい :: 復姓 Reverting to one's original family name

ふくせい :: 複姓 Family name consisting of two combined names (in ancient Japan)

ふくせい :: 複姓 Compound surname

ふくせい :: 複姓 Two-character surname (in China)

べっせい :: 別姓 Married couple maintaining separate surnames

べっせい :: 別姓 Different surname

かんせい :: 漢姓 Chinese family name

げんせい :: 現姓 Woman's family name after she married

げんせい :: 現姓 One's current family name

ちゅうごしょう :: 中小姓 Low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

ひゃくしょうよみ :: 百姓読み Nonstandard reading of a kanji

はっせい :: 八姓 Eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

やくさのかばね :: 八色姓 Eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

やくさのかばね :: 八色の姓 Eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

かばね :: 姓 Hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

ししゅせい :: 四種姓 Varna (each of India's four castes)


Using 姓 in sentences:

(Japanese) 渡辺は、私のです。

(English) Watanabe is my family name.

(Japanese) 僕たち、同同名なんだ。

(English) We have the same name.

(Japanese) 僕と同同名の女の人を知ってるよ。

(English) I know a woman whose first and last names are the same as mine.

(Japanese) 旧は、何?

(English) What is your maiden name? What's your maiden name?

(Japanese) ジャクソンはトムのお母さんの旧です。

(English) Jackson is Tom's mother's maiden name.


How do you say Clan in Japanese?

Answer: 姓


How many kanji strokes does 姓 have?

Answer: 8


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