Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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氏 shì surname
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#683a
Chapter-35 HSK-A
4 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Shih is said to be the picture of a landslip, with an obsolete phonetic added. It is now a radical meaning family name, family, clan, and is often tacked on to surnames. In the case of a woman, it then means her maiden name. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
氏
shì
clan name/maiden name
氏
zhī
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
Phrases ending with the given character
伏fú
羲xī
氏shì
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
大dà
月yuè
氏zhī
Tokhara/Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
女女nǚ
娲媧wā
氏氏shì
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
家家jiā
乐樂lè
氏氏shì
Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)
庖庖páo
牺犧xī
氏氏shì
another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]
无無wú
名名míng
氏氏shì
anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)
燧suì
人rén
氏shì
Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
盘盤pán
古古gǔ
氏氏shì
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
神神shén
农農nóng
氏氏shì
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China/followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
轩軒xuān
辕轅yuán
氏氏shì
alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
革革gé
兰蘭lán
氏氏shì
Mr Gram/Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
高gāo
辛xīn
氏shì
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾