Chinese Character 姓 Meanings and components.

Form

姓

Meaning

姓 meaning[3] in English

Family Name.

Surname.

Cl:個|个[Ge4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 姓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and to be born (生)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VHQM

How to write 姓

To write姓xing4family name you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 生sheng1to be … arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 生 = 姓

姓 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 姓 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 姓, looks as follow:

姓
Pinyin:xing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Family Name . Surname . Cl:個|个[Ge4] . To Be Surnamed
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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