氏	1163C50   90.71	部居	畫數  4	ㄕˋ [shi4]  (*ㄓ [zhi1] ).
N	(1)  (AC) surname on mother’s line, as dist. 姓 on father's line and as means of differentiation in lineage. (2)  A surname denoting place of origin (like French “de” and German “von”) or office, (as 太史氏，職方氏). (3)  (Esp. in common official documents) address of a woman: 張氏 the woman Jang; 夫人李氏 his wife née Lii; (LL) used also by woman in self-reference; rarely in reference to man. (4)  School of thought: 釋氏 school of Sakyamuni--Buddhism; 老氏 school of Laotse--Taoism. (5)  (*[zhi1]) Used in names of foreign tribes: 月氏，閼氏.
Words	1.氏族 [shi4zu2], n., matriarchal tribe or system in anc. China.