Shih (施 / 石)
2 Taiwanese surnames carry the spelling Shih.
施 Shih
- Zhuyin
- ㄕ
- Pinyin
- shī
- Wade-Giles
- Shih
- Further spellings of 施
- Shr, Shi
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Si
- Hakka (Sixian)
- sii²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 38th most common surname, roughly 0.54% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
It means 'to carry out, implement' and 'to give, bestow'.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Shi Fu (施父), a son of Duke Hui of Lu, whose descendants adopted Shi as their surname. Hall name (堂號): 吳興堂.
Saying it 我姓施 — wǒ xìng shī (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕ), "my family name is 施"
石 Shih
- Zhuyin
- ㄕˊ
- Pinyin
- shí
- Wade-Giles
- Shih
- Further spellings of 石
- Shr, Shi
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Tsio̍h Tsio̍h is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while si̍k is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- sag⁵
- Rank in Taiwan
- 69th most common surname, roughly 0.18% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Stone, rock'; it is also an old unit of capacity.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Shi Que (石碏), a minister of the state of Wey, whose courtesy name was Shi (石). It was this courtesy name, not a courtesy name of his own, that Shi Que's grandson took as the surname Shi. Hall name (堂號): 武威堂.
Saying it 我姓石 — wǒ xìng shí (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕˊ), "my family name is 石"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).