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氏 - shì

clan, family; mister

clan, family; mister

How to read 氏

Click 氏 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshì
Englishclan, family; mister
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

氏族 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 亨氏. Please read 人氏 one more time.

Common words with this character

clan
Heinz; Heinz, US food processing company
native; person from a particular place
see 元氏縣|元氏县[Yuan2 shi4 Xian4]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 氏 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 氏族 and 亨氏 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 氏.