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氏 (shì): Family name — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 氏

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How to write 氏 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 氏

氏 stroke order diagram
3.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 氏

氏 handwriting practice worksheet preview
4.

How to Use 氏

Forming part of compound nouns

氏 appears as a component in nouns that denote a name, title, or unit.

摄氏度 • shè shì dù • degree Celsius/centigrade • HSK 6
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5.

Example Sentences

Jīn今
tiān天
de的
qì气
wēn温
shì是
sān

Information

Pinyinshì
Meaningfamily name, clan
Strokes4
Radical氏
Traditional氏
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#902
Zhuyinㄕˋ
UnicodeU+6C0F
CangjieHVP
shè摄
shì氏
dù度

degree Celsius/centigrade

姓氏 • xìng shì • Surname / family name • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
xìng姓
shì氏

Surname / family name

三
shí十
shè摄
shì氏
dù度
。

Today's temperature is thirty degrees Celsius.

Tā他
lái来
zì自
Xíng邢
shì氏
jiā家
zú族
。

He comes from the Xing family clan.

shén神
nóng农
shì氏
shì是
zhōng中
guó国
nóng农
yè业
de的
shǐ始
zǔ祖
。

Shennong is the ancestor of Chinese agriculture.

qǐng请
zài在
zhè这
lǐ里
tián填
xiě写
nǐ你
de的
xìng姓
shì氏
。

Please fill in your surname here.

zhè这
ge个
shì氏
zú族
yǒu有
zhe着
yōu悠
jiǔ久
de的
lì历
shǐ史
。

This clan has a long history.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "shi".

  • 轼shìhorizontal wooden bar in front
  • 仕shìofficial; serve government
  • 舐shito lick
  • 虱shīlouse; bug; parasite
  • 豕shipig
  • 恃shìrely on, presume on, trust to
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "氏".

  • 民mínpeople, populace, commoners
  • 氓mángcommon people, especially from ancient times
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