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

Pronunciation

Noun

姓名

  1. full name (of a person)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (姓名):
  • → Japanese: 姓名(せいめい) (seimei); 姓名(しょうみょう) (shōmyō)
  • → Korean: 성명(姓名) (seongmyeong)

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 reading is kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading sèⁿ-miâ.

Pronunciation

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 Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーみょー [shóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]

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”).[2][1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ba̠ne̞na̠]

Noun

姓(かばね)名(な) • (kabanena) 

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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
姓名

Noun

姓名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)

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