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氏 — JLPT N1 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: シ  ·  Kunyomi: -うじ, うじ  ·  Meanings: clan, family name, surname

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Unicode: 6C0F Strokes: 4
JLPT N1
Meanings
clan, family name, surname
Onyomi
Kunyomi
-うじ, うじ
Name Readings
JLPT
N1
Grade
4
Frequency
-
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss common JLPT-N3 Suffix
うじ family name, lineage, birth common JLPT-N1 Noun
氏名 しめい (full) name, identity common JLPT-N2 Noun
氏族 しぞく clan, family common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
氏神 うじがみ patron god, tutelar deity, guardian deity, local deity Noun
氏子 うじこ shrine parishioner Noun
死ね しね drop dead, go to hell, fuck you
氏人 うじびと lineal descendant, clan member Noun
氏姓制度 しせいせいど uji-kabane system, system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court) Noun
氏上 うじのかみ head of a clan Noun
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