氏(shì): (bound form) family name
HSK 7-94 strokes
Readingsshìzhī
(bound form) family name
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- shì / zhī
- Meaning
- (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 氏 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
A person bowing down
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
How to write 氏 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 氏
Common words using 氏 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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