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氏

氏 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “family name”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1970. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword
family name
RTK frame
1970
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うじ, -うじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фамилия, clan
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
氏 clan

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 氏

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