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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 姓

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Meaning of 姓

Pinyin xìng

Radical

女

Strokes

Definition

surname / family name / name

Usage

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姓 (xìng) 【Noun】 1. A character indicating a family or lineage. - Example: ～氏 (surname), ～名 (given name), 贵～ (a respectful term to inquire about someone's surname). 2. Common people. - Example: 万～ (ten thousand common people), 老百～ (the common folk). 【Base Meaning】: A character that marks family hierarchy. 【Character Composition】: A combination of semantic and phonetic components; composed of 女 (female) and 生 (life), with "life" also indicating sound. 【Extended Meanings】: 1. Same as base meaning ([En.] surname) 2. Life ([En.] life) 3. Officials ([En.] government officials) 4. Common people ([En.] the common people) 5. A general term for descendants ([En.] descendants) 【Examples and Citations】: 1. 《说文》: 姓，人所生也。 (Surname, that which is born to people.) 2. 《春秋·隐公八年》: Left text states: "The Son of Heaven establishes virtue, thus bestows surnames." Accordingly, based on where the mothers of Shennong, Huangdi, and Shun lived, given as surnames. 3. 《史记·刘敬叔孙通列传》: Bestowed the surname Liu and appointed as a gentleman. 4. 《后汉书·张衡传》: Renowned as a prominent surname across generations. 5. Liu Shu in "Comprehensive History" states: "Surname refers to the lineage from ancestors, while a '氏' denotes the branches of descendants." Other notations include: - 姓族 (clan or prominent family), 姓字 (surname and given name), 姓系 (system of surname lineage), 姓第 (numbering of surnames). 【Verb】 To name or call ([En.] call) - Example: 1. 《史记·项羽本纪》: The Xiang family has been commanders from generation to generation, granted the name Xiang. 2. 唐 · 柳宗元《愚溪诗序》: Someone said, "Since the Ran family once lived here, the stream is named Ranxi."

姓名 xìng míng

surname and given name / full name

百姓 bǎi xìng

common people

隐姓埋名 yǐn xìng mái míng

to conceal one's identity / living incognito

隐名埋姓 yǐn míng mái xìng

to conceal one's identity / living incognito

种姓 zhǒng xìng

caste (traditional Indian social division)

老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng

ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4]

姓氏 xìng shì

family name

平民百姓 píng mín bǎi xìng

civilian / plain folk / plain citizen

尊姓 zūn xìng

Surname

异姓 yì xìng

Different surname

国姓 Guó xìng

Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan

同姓 tóng xìng

of the same surname

复姓 fù xìng

two-character surname such as 司馬|司马 or 諸葛|诸葛

大姓 dà xìng

surname of an aristocratic family

贵姓 guì xìng

what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname?

百姓家 bǎi xìng jiā

People's home

九姓 jiǔ xìng

Nine Surnames

指名道姓 zhǐ míng dào xìng

mention by name / name names

黎民百姓 lí mín bǎi xìng

Li people

刘姓 liú xìng

Liu（姓氏）

外姓 wài xìng

(people) not of the same surname