Word Meaning 新姓

しんせい shinsei

新姓 is read as しんせい (shinsei) and means new surname (after marrying, etc.).

Meaning

English

new surname (after marrying, etc.)

Reading

Kana

しんせい

Romaji

shinsei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 129007 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

新撰姓氏録

しんせんしょうじろく

Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)

新築

しんちく

new building

新刊

しんかん

new book

新造

しんぞ

(another's) wife (usu. young)

新党

しんとう

new (political) party

新設

しんせつ

establishing

新型

しんがた

new type

新橋

しんばし

Shinbashi (Tokyo)

新旧

しんきゅう

new and old

新卒

しんそつ

new graduate

新生児

しんせいじ

newborn baby

新劇

しんげき

school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period