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氏
zhī
1. see [[月氏<Yuèzhī>]] and [[閼氏|阏氏<yānzhī>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (4)

阏氏
yānzhī
formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
月氏
Yuèzhī
Tokhara
大月氏
Dàyuèzhī
Tokhara
月氏人
Yuèzhīrén
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia

Alternate Entries

氏
shì
clan name / maiden name

Metadata

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