姓

せい

surname

N2 #3,896

Meanings

せい · しょう · そう

  1. noun surname; family name
  2. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

かばね

  1. noun, historical hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); kabane
  2. archaic clan

Its kanji

In sentences

姓せいは池いけ田た、名なは和子わこ。 Ikeda is my last name, and Kazuko is my first name. #3467010

渡辺へんは、私わたしの姓せいです。 Watanabe is my family name. #11022051

池いけ田たが姓せいで和子わこが名なです。 Ikeda is my last name, and Kazuko is my first name. #126778

姓せいをどうやって発音はつおんする？ How is your surname pronounced? #3697649

彼女かのじょは結婚けっこん前まえスミス姓せいだった。 She was a Smith before her marriage. #90277

姓せいだけを大文字おおもじで書かきなさい。 Write only your family name in capitals. #143305

あなたの姓せいが聞きき取とれなかった。 I didn't get your last name. #233669