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姓 = 女 + 生

姓 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “surname”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 生 (life). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1678.

Keyword
surname
RTK frame
1678
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ, ショウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фамилия
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
姓 one's family name

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 生 life

How to find 姓 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “life”. 姓 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 姓 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.