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sing3 seng3
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[1] one's family name; surname [2] [n] clan; people; family Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
Radical: 女 (#38)
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| This character was last edited on 8th Mar 2008 | |
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姓氏
sing3 si1 = surname
老百姓
lou5 baak3 sing3 = the people; the public
姓名
sing3 ming4 = full name (surname 姓, and given name 名)
同姓
tung4 sing3 = of the same surname
小姓
siu2 sing3 = my (humble) surname is ...
貴姓
gwai3 sing3 = your name
普通老百姓
pou2 tung1 lou5 baak3 sing3 = common people; average people; hoi polloi
中文姓氏
zung1 man4 sing3 si1 = a Chinese language surname
韓國姓氏
hon4 gwok3 sing3 si1 = a Korean surname
復姓
fuk6 sing3 = [n] a two syllable chinese surname (lit., "duplicate surname")See all 15 compounds |
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[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/782/]姓[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 姓
Unicode code for this character: U+59D3 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/782/]姓[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/782/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">姓</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 姓
Unicode code for this character: U+59D3 (off-site link)
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
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