Meaning
姓 (せい, sei) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “surname,family name”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
結婚して姓が変わりました。
I got married and changed my family name.
ご姓名は
May I ask your name?
源姓と称する。
Adopted Minamoto as the family name.
姓は丸茂とも書く。
The surname is also written Marumo.
池田が姓で和子が名です。
Ikeda is my last name, and Kazuko is my first name.
彼の両親はお百姓でした。
His parents were farmers.
いわゆる百姓一揆のこと。
This is generally known as "hyakusho ikki" (peasant's revolt).
「堯蓂日杲 百姓帰家」。
Red-letter grass grows, the sun rises high and shines, and farmers return home (that is, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA will conquer a country).'
異音同姓に一色田がある。
There is Isshikida as the same surname but with a different pronunciation.
姓だけを大文字で書きなさい。
Write only your family name in capitals.
彼女は結婚前スミス姓だった。
She was a Smith before she got married.
日本では夫婦同姓が一般的よ。
In Japan, it's common for a married couple to have the same surname.