姓名
Chinese
surname; family name; name | name; fame; to describe; place | ||
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simp. and trad. (姓名) | 姓 | 名 | |
anagram | 名姓 |
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
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Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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姓 | 名 |
せい Grade: S | めい Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC siᴇŋH miᴇŋ, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading sèⁿ-miâ.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーめー [séꜜèmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]
Noun
姓名 (hiragana せいめい, rōmaji seimei)
- full name (of a person)
- Synonym: 氏名 (shimei)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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姓 | 名 |
しょう Grade: S | みょう Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
/siaumiau/ → /ɕjɔːmjɔː/ → /ɕoːmjoː/
From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC siᴇŋH miᴇŋ, 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 Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.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
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) しょーみょー [shóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]
Noun
姓名 (hiragana しょうみょう, rōmaji shōmyō, historical hiragana しやうみやう)
- (rare, possibly obsolete) full name (of a person)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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姓 | 名 |
かばね Grade: S | な Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 姓 (kabane, “clan”) + 名 (na, “name”).[2][1]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ka̠ba̠ne̞na̠]
Noun
姓名 (hiragana かばねな, rōmaji kabanena)
- (rare, possibly obsolete) clan name, surname
- Synonym: 姓 (kabane)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 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 | |
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姓 | 名 |
Noun
姓名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)
- Hanja form? of 성명 (“full name (of a person)”).