Moto 姓: SurnameKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 52 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)
- 姓せいsurname; family name
- 旧姓きゅうせいone's original family name; maiden name
- 同姓どうせいsame surname
- 百姓ひゃくしょうfarmer; peasant
- 姓名せいめい(full) name; family name and given name
- お百姓さんおひゃくしょうさんfarmer
- どん百姓どんびゃくしょうdirt-poor farmer
- ど百姓どびゃくしょうdirt-poor farmer
- 下姓げしょうperson of humble birth
- 中小姓ちゅうごしょうlow class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
- 他姓たせいanother surname
- 俗姓ぞくしょうsecular surname (of a priest)
- 元姓げんせいformer surname; original surname
- 八姓はっせいeight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
- 別姓べっせいdifferent surname
- 同姓同名どうせいどうめい(having) same family and personal name
- 四姓しせいthe four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
- 四種姓ししゅせいvarna (each of India's four castes)
- 土百姓どびゃくしょうdirt-poor farmer
- 外姓がいせいmother's family name
- 夫婦別姓ふうふべっせいmarried couple retaining separate surnames
- 姓が変わるせいがかわるto assume a new surname
- 姓名不詳せいめいふしょうunidentified; name unknown
- 姓名判断せいめいはんだんfortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name
- 姓氏せいしfull name; family name
- 小姓こしょう(noble's) page
- 小百姓こびゃくしょうpeasant; small farmer
- 復姓ふくせいreverting to one's original family name; reverting to one's maiden name
- 改姓かいせいchange of one's family name
- 方向姓ほうこうせいtrend; course of action
- 易姓革命えきせいかくめいrevolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
- 本姓ほんせいreal or original name
- 本百姓ほんひゃくしょうfreeholding farmer; freeholding peasant
- 氏姓制度しせいせいどuji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
- 氏素姓うじすじょう(a person's) family background; lineage
- 水呑み百姓みずのみびゃくしょうpoor peasant or farmer
- 水飲み百姓みずのみびゃくしょうpoor peasant or farmer
- 漢姓かんせいChinese surname; Chinese family name
- 現姓げんせいone's current family name; woman's family name after she married
- 異姓いせいdifferent surname; different family name
- 百姓一揆ひゃくしょういっきpeasant's revolt
- 百姓家ひゃくしょうやfarmer's home
- 百姓読みひゃくしょうよみnonstandard reading of a kanji
- 素姓すじょうbirth; lineage
- 被官百姓ひかんびゃくしょうserf
- 複姓ふくせいtwo-character surname (in China); compound surname
- 選択的夫婦別姓せんたくてきふうふべっせい(system of) optional separate surnames for married couples
Other readings
- ドン百姓どんびゃくしょうdirt-poor farmer
- ド百姓どびゃくしょうdirt-poor farmer
- 八色の姓やくさのかばねeight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
- 八色姓やくさのかばねeight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
- 種姓すじょうbirth; lineage
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