Chinese surnames

史

shǐ · Shi

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 63
Ancestral seat (junwang)
京兆
Wikidata
Q856307

In other languages

  • German Shi
  • English Shi
  • Spanish Shi
  • French Shi
  • Korean 스
  • Vietnamese Sử

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Soe Hok Gie1942 – 1969

    Indonesian activist (1942–1969)

  • Shi Siming703 – 761

    Emperor of the Yan state

  • Shi Dongshan1902 – 1955

    Chinese film director and screenwriter (1902-1955)

  • Shi Jiuyong1926 – 2022

    Chinese judge (1926–2022)

  • Shi Miyuan1164 – 1233

    Chinese politician, and Grand Chancellor of the Song Dynasty (1164–1233)

  • Shi Kefa1601 – 1645

    Ming Dynasty general

  • Shi Liang1900 – 1985

    Chinese politician (1900-1985)

  • Shi Chaoyi? – 763

    Final emperor of the Yan state

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).