Word Meaning 四姓

しせい shisei

四姓 is read as しせい (shisei) and means the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan).

Meaning

English

  1. the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
  2. varna (each of the four Hindu castes)

Reading

Kana

しせい

Romaji

shisei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 128010 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四種姓

ししゅせい

varna (each of India's four castes)

四隅

しぐう

four corners

四季

しき

the four seasons

四角い

しかくい

square

四角

しかく

quadrilateral

四捨五入

ししゃごにゅう

rounding (off; a number)

四つ角

よつかど

four corners

四輪車

よんりんしゃ

automobile

四畳半

よじょうはん

small room esp. for assignations

四川農業大学

しせんのうぎょうだいがく

Sichuan Agricultural University

四つ身

よつみ

cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other)

四方竹

しほうちく

Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo)