Memory phrase for the character: 姓

姓

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Meaning

family name, surname

Pronunciation

 xìng

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)

Mnemonic
 
The woman lives under her family name.

Radicals

女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
生 life
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 Vocabulary

老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng  ordinary people; the "person in the street"
百姓 bǎi xìng  common people
百姓 bǎi xìng  

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