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surname; family name; name
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name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place |
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姓
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名
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姓
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名
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名姓
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Pronunciation
Noun
姓名
- full name (of a person)
Synonyms
- (literary or Min Nan, Hakka) 名姓 (míngxìng)
- 名字 (míngzi)
- 全名 (quánmíng)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC sjengH mjieng, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The reading is kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading sèⁿ-miâ.
Pronunciation
Noun
姓名 • (seimei)
- full name (of a person)
- Synonym: 氏名 (shimei)
Etymology 2
/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 Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.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
姓名 • (shōmyō) ←しやうみやう (syaumyau)?
- (rare, possibly obsolete) full name (of a person)
Etymology 3
Compound of 姓 (kabane, “clan”) + 名 (na, “name”).[2][1]
Pronunciation
Noun
姓名 • (kabanena)
- (rare, possibly obsolete) clan name, surname
- Synonym: 姓 (kabane)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
姓名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)
- hanja form? of 성명 (“full name (of a person)”)