百家姓

Bǎijiāxìng
proper noun #82,267

Meanings

  1. 1 Hundred Family Surnames, a Song-dynasty children's primer listing Chinese surnames in rhymed lines

Examples

HSK 3
《百家姓》的第一句是“赵钱孙李”。
《 Bǎijiāxìng 》 de dìyī jù shì " Zhào Qián Sūn Lǐ ".
The first line of the Hundred Family Surnames is 'Zhao Qian Sun Li'.
HSK 6
《 Bǎijiāxìng 》 lǐ de xìng yuǎnyuǎn bùzhǐ yìbǎi ge.
The Hundred Family Surnames lists far more than a hundred surnames.

Tips

history
Written early in the Northern Song in the southeastern state of Wuyue, it lists over four hundred surnames in lines of four characters. 赵 comes first because it was the surname of the Song emperors, and 钱 second because it was the surname of the kings of Wuyue.
culture
With 三字经 and 千字文 it was one of the three books a child traditionally learned to read with. 百家 here means 'all the families', not exactly a hundred.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi
家 jiā
姓 xìng