姓 (せい) — surname, family name
姓
surname
Frequency #8619
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
1 character
noun
Part of speech (JMdict: n)
sei
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
せい[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- surname
- family name