Word Meaning 漢姓

かんせい kansei

漢姓 is read as かんせい (kansei) and means Chinese surname.

Meaning

English

  1. Chinese surname
  2. Chinese family name

Reading

Kana

かんせい

Romaji

kansei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 151786 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

漢籍

かんせき

Chinese book

漢字直接入力

かんじちょくせつにゅうりょく

direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)

漢蔵語

かんぞうご

Sino-Tibetan (languages)

漢文訓読

かんぶんくんどく

reading a classical Chinese text in Japanese

漢文訓読文

かんぶんくんどくぶん

kanbun converted into literary Japanese

漢字変換

かんじへんかん

kanji conversion

せい

hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

同姓

どうせい

same surname

百姓

ひゃくしょう

farming

旧姓

きゅうせい

one's original family name

中小姓

ちゅうごしょう

low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

本百姓

ほんびゃくしょう

freeholding farmer