姓名
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
姓名 (xìngmíng) · full name
姓名 (xìngmíng) means “full name”. It is written with 2 characters: 姓 (surname) + 名 (place (in a ranking)). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 姓名 is built
The characters
姓 xìng · surname
What 姓 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 生shēng — life
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 女 gives the meaning, 生 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
名 míng · place (in a ranking)
What 名 is made of
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请写你的姓名。Qǐng xiě nǐ de xìngmíng.Please write your full name.
他的姓名是什么？Tā de xìngmíng shì shénme?What is his full name?
Questions about 姓名
What does 姓名 mean?
姓名 (xìngmíng) means “full name”.
How do you pronounce 姓名?
姓名 is pronounced xìngmíng.
Which HSK level is 姓名?
姓名 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people
- 姓xìngsurname
- 名字míngziname
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 名称míngchēngname (of a thing)
- 名单míngdānlist of names
- 排名páimíngranking
- 点名diǎnmíngto call the roll
- 名牌儿míngpáirfamous brand
Learn 姓名 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.