Chinese surnames

石

shí · Shi

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 188
Ancestral seat (junwang)
武威
Wikidata
Q1043068

In other languages

  • German Shi
  • English Shi
  • Spanish Seok
  • French Shi
  • Korean 스
  • Vietnamese Thạch

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Shi Le274 – 333

    Emperor of Later Zhao from 330 to 333

  • Shih Kien1913 – 2009

    Hong Kong actor (1913-2009)

  • Shi Hu295 – 349

    Chinese general and emperor

  • Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin892 – 942

    Later Jin emperor (892-942)

  • Shi Hong313 – 334

    emperor of the Jie state

  • Shi Chonggui914 – 974

    Last Emperor of China from the Later Jin (914-974)

  • Shi Yousan1891 – 1940

    Chinese lieutenant general

  • Shi Shi339 – 349

    emperor of the Jie Hun state Later Zhao

  • Shi Zhi350 – 351

    Emperor of Later Zhao from 350 to 351

  • Mary Stone1873 – 1954

    Chinese medical doctor (1873-1954)

  • Shi Jian350 – 350

    Emperor of the Jie state

  • Shi Zun350 – 349

    Emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao

  • Shi Dakai1831 – 1863

    leader in the Taiping Rebellion and poet

  • Pingmei Shi1902 – 1928

    Chinese writer (1902–1928)

  • Shi Hui1915 – 1957

    Chinese actor and film director (1915-1957)

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).