Word Meaning 氏名

しめい shimei

氏名 is read as しめい (shimei) and means (full) name.

Meaning

English

(full) name
identity

Reading

Kana

しめい

Romaji

shimei

Writing Variants

氏名うじな ujina

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 155 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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氏名権

しめいけん

right to use one's name

住所氏名

じゅうしょしめい

one's name and address

創氏改名

そうしかいめい

the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones

源氏名

げんじな

"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha

無名氏

むめいし

anonymous person

失名氏

しつめいし

unknown person

氏神

うじがみ

patron god

氏

し

clan

氏族

しぞく

clan

氏子

うじこ

shrine parishioner

氏人

うじびと

lineal descendant

氏上

うじのかみ

head of a clan