氏

氏 (Kangxi radical 83, 氏+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹女心 (HVP), four-corner 7274₀, composition ⿸⿱丿𠄌𫠠)

1. Kangxi radical #83, ⽒.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №449

• Appendix:Chinese radical/氏
• 坁, 㞴, 忯, 扺, 汦, 㹝, 祇, 眂, 秖, 衹, 䉻, 紙(纸), 舐, 蚔, 觗, 䟗, 軝(𬨂), 䲬
• 赿, 䲭, 帋, 昏, 芪, 㡳, 疧
• See also 氐#Derived characters

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 597, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17026
• Dae Jaweon: page 988, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2130, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C0F

Pictogram (象形). Various interpretations exist: a man bending over to sow the field (see also 氐 > 低 and 昏),^[1] the root of a tree (see also 柢),^[2] a man bowing over to the right, a stick with a decoration on top to represent a clan, a spoon (according to Guo Moruo and due to similarity to 匕), a mallet, a man holding an object, etc.

On bronze inscriptions, a black dot was added inside the vertical stroke of the character; then, this point turned into a horizontal stroke 一 while the vertical stroke mutated into a curved trait.

氏

1. clan; family; lineage; hereditary house

   夏后氏  ―  xiàhòushì  ―  The (Sovereign) House of Xia

   氏族  ―  shìzú  ―  tribe; clan

2. surname
3. person with the surname of ...; Mr.

   無名氏／无名氏  ―  wúmíngshì  ―  Anonymous

   • 余讀孔氏書，想見其為人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     余读孔氏书，想见其为人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yú dú Kǒngshì shū, xiǎngjiàn qí wéirén. [Pinyin]

     When I was reading the works of Confucius, I can feel his character.

4. (historical) née; born as; maiden name
5. suffix to a personal proper noun for attribution (of a work, invention, discovery, etc.)

   《呂氏春秋》／《吕氏春秋》  ―  “Lǚshìchūnqiū”  ―  Lü's Spring and Autumn

   歐氏管／欧氏管  ―  ōushìguǎn  ―  Eustachian tube

   • 時時冠之，及貴常冠，所謂「劉氏冠」乃是也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     时时冠之，及贵常冠，所谓「刘氏冠」乃是也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Shíshí guàn zhī, jí guì cháng guàn, suǒwèi “Liúshì guān” nǎi shì yě. [Pinyin]

     From time to time [he] would wear (the headdress), and had always kept it on after he arose to prominence. People now refer to the style as "the headdress of Liu".

6. (Classical) suffix to a noun that refers to family membership (actual or honorary)

   • 母氏聖善，我無令人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     母氏圣善，我无令人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mǔshì shèng shàn, wǒ wú lìng rén. [Pinyin]

     Our mother is wise and good;
     But among us there is none good.

   • 伯氏不出而圖吾君，伯氏苟出而圖吾君，申生受賜而死。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     伯氏不出而图吾君，伯氏苟出而图吾君，申生受赐而死。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bóshì bù chū ér tú wú jūn, bóshì gǒu chū ér tú wú jūn, Shēnshēng shòu cì ér sǐ. [Pinyin]

     [Y]ou, venerable Sir, do not come forth and consult for the good of our ruler. If you will come forth and do this, I will die having received a great favour from you.

• The meaning of "née" has become obsolete, as current Chinese practice is for all married spouses to continue to use their birth names. Occasionally, a wife may adopt the husband's surname. As a descriptor, 氏 follows the maiden name, which follows the married name — 張氏 (“née Zhang”), 李張氏 (“Li née Zhang”), or 配張氏 (“married to a lady of the Zhang clan”).

• (Mr.): 先生 (xiānshēng)

氏

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 月氏 (yuèzhī, “Yuezhi”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī, “wife of a Xiongnu chief”)

氏

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 狋氏 (“name of an ancient county”)

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: じ (ji)、し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: うじ (uji, 氏, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 氏 (MC dzyeX).

• (Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

• Pitch accent only applies when used as a standalone noun.

氏(し) • (shi) 

1. a family, a clan
2. a certain person

氏(し) • (-shi) 

1. (honorific) Mr.; Ms.
   • 1997 September 1 [1996 October 10], Fujiko F. Fujio, “くたばれ評(ひょう)論(ろん)家(か)　の巻(まき) [The Drop-Dead Critic]”, in エスパー魔美 [Esper Mami], 4th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 157:

     部(ぶ)分(ぶん)テレポートさせた剣(つるぎ)氏(し)のガン細(さい)胞(ぼう)。

     Bubun terepōto saseta Tsurugi-shi no gan saibō.

     These are the cancer cells I teleported out of Mr. Tsurugi.

From Middle Chinese 氏 (MC dzyeX). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 雙 (ssang) and 喫 (kkik).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕ͈i]
• Phonetic hangul: [씨]

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氏 (eumhun 성씨(姓氏) 씨 (seongssi ssi))

1. hanja form^? of 씨 (“lineage; surname”)
2. hanja form^? of 씨 (“Mr.; Ms.”)

From Middle Chinese 氏 (MC tsye).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]
• Phonetic hangul: [지]

氏 (eumhun 나라 이름 지 (nara ireum ji))

1. (historical) hanja form^? of 지 (“Only used in 월지 (月氏, wolji)”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

氏: Hán Nôm readings: thị

1. chữ Hán form of Thị (“a female middle name”)

   阮氏B ― Nguyễn Thị B ― Jane Doe