Chinese surname · rank 497

斯

斯 is read as sī.

Pinyin

sī

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 斯

Basic meaning

this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Three Kingdoms layer, 220-280 CE

Place: Dongyang and Zhuji / Sizhai in Zhejiang for the Shi-to-Si layer; southwestern and Shanyue mountain-ethnic layers recorded separately.

Origin note

Si is verified as a surname with changed-surname and ethnic layers. The Dongyang tradition says the line was originally Shi and became Si in a Sun Quan / Shi Wei story, later developing around Dongyang and Zhuji. Modern surname summaries also record a southwestern mountain-ethnic layer and a Shan-Yue layer. The page presents these as recorded layers rather than claiming that every Si family descends from one episode.

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23mofang surname reference: Si - southwestern mountain-ethnic, Shanyue, and Dongyang Shi-to-Si layers
Zupulu surname reference: Si - Shi Wei / Sun Quan bestowal tradition, Dongyang origin, Zhuji and Shanglin migration layers
Hao86 surname reference: Si - Shi surname origin, Sun Quan bestowal to Shi Wei, Sizhai and Zhejiang settlement context
Han Dian: Si - basic character meanings and surname listing only

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