姓名

Chinese

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 姓名

1. full name (of a person)

Synonyms

• (literary or Min Nan, Hakka) 名姓 (míngxìng)
• 名字 (míngzi)
• 全名 (quánmíng)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
姓	名
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.

Noun

姓(せい)名(めい) • (seimei) 

1. full name (of a person)

   Synonym: 氏名 (shimei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
姓	名
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 Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.

Noun

姓(しょう)名(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
姓	名
かばね Grade: S	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 姓 (kabane, “clan”) +‎ 名 (na, “name”).

Noun

姓(かばね)名(な) • (kabanena) 

1. (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.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
姓	名

Noun

姓名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)

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