family name / surname / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be surnamed

= + : Marie Curie (xi) finds baby Bessie (女) lying in a cradle (生) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Marie decides to give Bessie the surname (姓) "Coleman" because she thinks it will fit very well.

姓 character breakdown

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

Characters with 姓 as component

姓 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 姓

surname and given name / full name
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])
maiden name (of married woman)
common people / average people / hoi polloi
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
having same given name and family name

Sentences with 姓

姓 currently does not appear in any sentence.