姓 : Surname

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Components:

surname

On 'yomi:

セイ(sei) ショウ(shou)

Unicode:	059d3
jis208:	32-11

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氏素姓(うじすじょう)	lineage
四姓(しせい)	varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
氏姓制度(しせいせいど)	uji-kabane system, system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
姓が変わる(せいがかわる)	to assume a new surname
夫婦別姓(ふうふべっせい)	(system of) husband and wife retaining separate family names
同姓同名(どうせいどうめい)	(having) same family and personal name
易姓革命(えきせいかくめい)	revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
姓名不詳(せいめいふしょう)	unidentified, name unknown
お百姓さん(おひゃくしょうさん)	farmer
元姓(げんせい)	former surname, original surname