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氏
shì
1. clan name
2. maiden name
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

氏
shì
clan, family; maiden name
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

巴氏
Bāshì
Pasteur
李氏
Lǐshì
the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
谱氏
pǔshì
family tree
欧氏
Ōushì
Euclid
旁氏
Pángshì
Pond's (brand of skin care products)
人氏
rénshì
native
卢氏
Lúshì
Lushi county in Sanmenxia [[三門峽|三门峡<Sānménxiá>]], Henan
元氏
Yuánshì
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang [[石家莊|石家庄<Shíjiāzhuāng>]], Hebei
芮氏
Ruìshì
Richter (scale)
摄氏
Shèshì
Celsius
尉氏
Wèishì
Weishi county in Kaifeng [[開封|开封<Kāifēng>]], Henan
普氏
Pǔshì
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski [[普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基]] (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
段氏
Duànshì
a branch of the Xianbei [[鮮卑|鲜卑]] nomadic people
华氏
Huáshì
Fahrenheit
梅氏
Méishì
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
金氏
Jīnshì
Guinness (name) (Tw)
里氏
Lǐshì
Richter (scale)
氏族
shìzú
clan
亨氏
Hēngshì
Heinz (name)
罗氏
Luóshì
Roche

Alternate Entries

氏
zhī
see [[月氏<Yuèzhī>]] and [[閼氏|阏氏<yānzhī>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,499
Word Frequency Rank
2,881 of 84,292
Radical Number
83