Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

84 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: family name, surname, clan

Kunyomi: うじ -うじ

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うじ

Meaning: clan

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

名(しめい)   full name, identity

族(しぞく)   clan, family

田中(たなかし)   Mr. Tanaka

(かれし)   boyfriend

(せっし)   Centigrade, Celsius

(かし)   Fahrenheit

(うじ)   lineage, family, Mr.

神(うじがみ)   Shinto god, patron god

素性(うじすじょう)   (a person's) family background

Onyomi Examples

Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, clan, he, him, counter for people

シゾク clan, family

リョウシ both persons

ドウシ the said person, he, she, same surname

Kunyomi Examples

うじ family name, lineage, birth, clan

しめい (full) name, identity

とうじ chief brewer at a sake brewery

あやうじ Aya clan