Kanji: 氏

    • Meaning : "family name",surname,clan
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : うじ,-うじ
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 4
    • Frequency of use ranking : 84
    • Jouyou grade level : 4
    • JLPT : 1
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - かし - Fahrenheit
  • - げんじものがたり - the Tale of the Genji
  • - ときのうじがみ - person who turns up at the right moment to help
  • - うじぶみ - ancient clan record (inc. their origins, their achievements, etc.)
  • - うじ - family name/lineage/birth
  • - うじがみ - Shinto god/patron god
  • - うじこちょう - shrine visitors' register
  • - うじこ - shrine parishioner
  • - しめい - full name/identity
  • - うじこふだ - charm for shrine visitors
  • - しつめいし - unknown person
  • - せいし - full name/family name
  • 20 - せっしにじゅうど - 20 degrees Celsius
  • - せっし - Centigrade/Celsius
  • - どうし - the said person/he/she/same person
  • - げんじな - "professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
  • - かれし - boyfriend
  • - へいし - the Tairas
  • - ぼうし - certain person/unnamed person
  • - し - Mr | clan | he/him | Mr | counter for people
  • - りょうし - both persons
  • - りしちょうせん - Joseon Dynasty/Yi Dynasty (1392-1910) Korea
  • ハンセン - ハンセンしびょう - Hansen's disease/leprosy
  • - がいし - the said person/the target (person)
  • - げんじ - Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari) | the Minamoto family
  • - セし - Centigrade/Celsius
  • - カし - degrees Fahrenheit
  • - そうしかいめい - the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
  • - むめいし - anonymous person/a nobody
  • - しぞく - clan/family
  • - しょし - (all of) you or them
  • - うじでら - shrine built to a guardian deity
  • - しぞくせいど - family or clan system
  • - うじひと - person of blood lineage/clan member
  • - じゅうしょしめい - one's name and address
  • | - うじすじょう - (a person's) family background/lineage
  • よりち - うじよりそだち - birth is much, but breeding is more
  • - しのいけん - his opinion
  • - しせいせいど - former naming system
  • - とうし - Fujiwara family
  • - とうじ | とじ - chief brewer at a sake brewery (after name of sake's alleged inventor)
  • - ふじわらしのしゅつ - of Fujiwara descent