Keyword
family name
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1970
Readings
(94%)
うじ
(3%)
(2%)
Mnemonic

A highly stylized letter "F", short for family name, with an extra vertical stroke representing the concept of family name continuity. As Tywin Lannister said, it's the family name that lives on, it's all that lives on, even when we're all dead and rotting in the ground.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
paper
lick
lose consciousness
earthly god
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
boyfriend; he; him
(full) name; identity
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
clan; family
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
shrine parishioner
(all of) you or them
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
Celsius; centigrade
Heike family; Taira family
the said person; he; she; same surname
both persons
(a person's) family background; lineage
a certain person; unnamed person; Mr. So-and-so; a certain someone who shall remain unnamed
family name; lineage; birth; clan
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
chief brewer at a sake brewery
Fahrenheit
full name; family name
(a person's) family background; lineage
Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people
Fujiwara family
anonymous person; a nobody
Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
parishioner representative
Joseon Dynasty (of Korea; 1392-1910); Yi Dynasty
person who turns up at the right moment to help
Celsius; centigrade
lineal descendant; clan member
nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins
uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
shrine built to a guardian deity
Hansen's disease; leprosy
drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die; kill yourself
Fahrenheit
Réaumur temperature scale; degrees Réaumur
the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
genji-e; ukiyo-e depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji
Réaumur temperature scale; degrees Réaumur
hubby; (my) husband
charm for shrine visitors
shrine visitors' register
family or clan system
the said person; the target (person)
ancient clan record (incl. their origins, their achievements, etc.)
head of a clan
head of a clan
head of a clan
head of a clan
Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit
Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; (lit.) Genji star
eldest son; older brother; older sister; older person; head of a clan; head of a region
to die
blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator
degrees Celsius
change of one's surname
even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)
Kingdom of Tungning (Taiwan, 1661-1683); Koxinga dynasty
Examples (200 in total)
He knows Mr. Davidson well.
"You don't have a girlfriend?" "No." "What about a boyfriend?"
"Does she have a boyfriend?" "No, not at the moment."