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[1] [n] clan; family; family name; surname [2] a character placed after a married woman's maiden name [3] the title of a government position in former times Stroke count: 4
Level: 3
Radical: 氏 (#83)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 民氏 |
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This word has been viewed 368 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 |
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姓氏
sing3 si6 = surname
氏族
si6 zuk6 = family, clan
攝氏
sip3 si6 = Celsius, centigrade
沙門氏菌
saa1 mun4 si6 kwan2 = salmonella
中文姓氏
zung1 man4 sing3 si6 = a Chinese language surname
韓國姓氏
hon4 gwok3 sing3 si6 = a Korean surname
邵氏兄弟有限公司
siu6 si6 hing1 dai6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = Shaw Brothers Ltd
無名氏
mou4 meng4 si6 = an anonymous person
春秋左氏傳
ceon1 cau1 zo2 si6 zyun6 = Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals
門氏五虎將
mun4 si6 ng5 fu2 zoeng3 = a name for the five major Cantonese swear words (The five brave generals of the Mun clan) 粵See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 氏
Unicode code for this character: U+6C0F (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 氏
Unicode code for this character: U+6C0F (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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