family name

(woman) + (life / birth) Same-ON
★☆☆☆☆
8 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

SEI

Mnemonic

SAY you'll be my wife, my woman for life, and take my family name?

Kunyomi

せい last name (only used on a form to indicate where you're supposed to put your family name.(and then your first name, like this: (姓____ 名_____)) LAZYNP
★★★☆☆

Jukugo

姓名(せいめい)

full name ★★☆☆☆
(family name) + (name, famous) = 姓名 (full name)

one's full name - first and last names.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
family name BORN
pregnant KING

The person BORN to a woman takes her family name, but the pregnant woman is like the KING who rules her baby.

Synonyms

name
名前    名____、姓____    名字    氏    氏名    姓名