姓名

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Chinese

surname; family name; name
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (姓名)
simp. #(姓名)
anagram 名姓

Pronunciation


Noun

姓名

  1. full name (of a person)

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Sino-Xenic (姓名):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: S
めい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC sjengH mjieng, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading sèⁿ-miâ.

Pronunciation

Noun

(せい)(めい) (seimei

  1. full name (of a person)
    Synonym: 氏名 (shimei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S
みょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

/siaumiau//ɕjɔːmjɔː//ɕoːmjoː/

From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC sjengH mjieng, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare modern Hakka reading siang-miàng.

Rare in modern Japanese. Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)(みょう) (shōmyōしやうみやう (syaumyau)?

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) full name (of a person)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
かばね
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (kabane, clan) +‎ (na, name).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かばね)() (kabanena

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) clan name, surname
    Synonym: (kabane)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

姓名 (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)

  1. Hanja form? of 성명 (full name (of a person)).