# 姓 family name

女 (woman) + 生 (life / birth) Same-ON
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## Onyomi

SEI |

## Mnemonic

| SAY you'll be my wife, my woman for life, and take my family name?

## Kunyomi

せい | last name (only used on a form to indicate where you're supposed to put your family name.(and then your first name, like this: (姓＿＿＿＿ 名＿＿＿＿＿)) LAZY NP ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

姓名(せいめい) | full name ★★☆☆☆ 姓 (family name) + 名 (name, famous) = 姓名 (full name) one's full name - first and last names.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
姓 | family name | BORN | 生
妊 | pregnant | KING | 王

The person BORN to a woman takes her family name, but the pregnant woman is like the KING who rules her baby.

## Synonyms

name 名前 名____、姓____ 名字 氏 氏名 姓名