姓

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

姓 = 女 + 生 : 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

姓
- 女
- 生
  - 一
  - 牛
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 𠂉
      - 一
      - 丿

女

nǚ = nü + Ø3

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.

女

rǔ = ru + Ø3

archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

生

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

生 = 牛 + 一 : 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

姓

xìng

名

míng

surname and given name / full name

姓

xìng

氏

shì

family name

国

國

guó

姓

xìng

Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan

国

國

guó

姓

xìng

乡

鄉

xia̅ng

Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan

姓

xìng

蒋

蔣

jiǎng

还

還

hái

是

shi

姓

xìng

汪

wa̅ng

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])

娘

niáng

家

jia

姓

xìng

maiden name (of married woman)

平

píng

头

頭

tóu