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姓

xìng

name, family name, surname; clan, people

🔤 Pictophonetic: 女 (woman) provides meaning, 生 provides pronunciation
HSK 2 8 strokes Common (12%)
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Component Breakdown

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女
nǚ
woman, girl; female
生
shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
⿰女生 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

nǚ
女
woman, girl; female
📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side
3 strokes HSK 1
shēng
生
life, lifetime; birth; growth
💡 Ideographic:  A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
5 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 姓 (26)

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