姓 (xìng)
surname/family name
How 姓 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman
- Traditional
- 姓
- Simplified
- 姓 (unchanged)
Common words using 姓
- 百姓 bǎixìng
- common people
- 老百姓 lǎobǎixìng
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 姓氏 xìngshì
- family name
- 平頭百姓 píngtóubǎixìng
- common people
- 種姓 zhǒngxìng
- caste (traditional Indian social division)
- 貴姓 guìxìng
- what is your name?
姓 in a sentence
請問您貴姓？
Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng?
“May I ask your surname? (Polite)”
How common is 姓?
姓 is the 1,147th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.2% of all running text.
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