Keyword
surname
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1678
Readings
せい
(23%)
そう
(13%)
ぞう
(2%)
Composed of
woman
life
Used in vocabulary (56 in total)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
(noble's) page
(full) name; family name and given name
one's original family name; maiden name
(having) same family and personal name
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
same surname
peasant uprising (Edo period); peasants' revolt
fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name
real or original name
full name; family name
(a person's) family background; lineage
low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
use of separate surnames by a married couple
change of one's family name; changed family name
to assume a new surname
peasant; small farmer
different surname; married couple maintaining separate surnames
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (arch.) clan
another surname
the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
person of humble birth
secular surname (of a priest)
unidentified; name unknown
two-character surname (in China); compound surname; family name consisting of two combined names (in ancient Japan)
different surname; different family name
reverting to one's original family name; reverting to one's maiden name
(system of) optional separate surnames for married couples
one's current family name; woman's family name after she married
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
the common people
mother's family name
former surname; original surname
varna (each of India's four castes)
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
imperial subjects; the people
nonstandard reading of a kanji
freeholding farmer; freeholding peasant
Chinese surname; Chinese family name
marriage in which neither person takes the other's surname
Examples (14 in total)
His parents were farmers.
How do you pronounce your last name?
Watanabe is my family name.