Why are Japanese names so "weird"?
Japanese surnames have become a wonder in the world. A country with a eloquence of more than 1 million people. There are hundreds of thousands of surnames. On average, there are only a few hundred people in a surname. Japanese surnames are strange. Strange name, too. The origin behind this is inseparable from the naming history of Japan.
like China society. Japanese surnames have also experienced a process of popularization from top to bottom. That is, the popularization process from aristocrats to civilians. But ... Until 1875. In Japan, only people with certain status and power, such as royalty, nobles, big names and samurai, are qualified to have surnames. Most ordinary people have no surnames. Only nicknames and nicknames.
by the end of 4th century. The Yamato court unified the southern part of the Japanese archipelago. And began to establish their own family rule system through the surname system. Generally speaking. Every big family has a surname.
Some appellations of surname come from official positions. Some place names come from places of residence and rule. Some come from the name of God. Others come from skill. For example. Those who live in Izumo are called Izumo. Those who do sacrificial work are called "bogey's family". At that time, the most powerful surname was the great king's family who held the highest power in the Yamato court.
generally speaking. The descendants of the royal family cannot inherit the ordinary flow of the throne. He was appointed as a Beijing post or delegated to the local government. Later. The royal family treats many families according to their closeness, blood relationship and contribution. Give "surnames" respectively. This "surname" is only a title indicating status, family status and position. Similar to a title.
At that time, there were about 3 surnames. Among them, "ministers", "kings" and "straightness" were given to the royal family and prominent nobles. Is the most powerful surname.
however. If successive generations are ordinary. Then it is very likely to lose the royal status. And become a local Lord. Become a branch of the extended family. These branches have given themselves the word "Miao", which means bud and branch. That is, the branch from the family. We can infer where our home is from these Miao characters. For example. Fujiwara is a big surname. After the branch appears. Fujiwara, who lives near Jiangguo. Take it as "Kondo". Fujiwara, who lives in Yi Shi, Yuanjiang and Kaga, is called Ito, Endo and Kato.
Miss Wu Tenglan, a famous Japanese movie star, is also a member of Fujiwara's family.
It can be said. In ancient Japan, the surname can express the blood relationship of some families. The surname indicates the status of the family. Miao indicates a new branch. Sure. At this time, the surname, surname and Miao characters are only owned by nobles.
monks are people who have abandoned their common surnames. Often dubbed the temple number. Such as Honganji, ankokuji and Manjuin. It can't be regarded as a surname. However, the public usually takes the temple name of the temple built as a permanent tomb of a clan as their surname. Such as saionji and Kajuji Temple. People living in the territory of the temple take the name of the temple where they live as their surname. It is also related to temples. But they are all real surnames.
Though it was presided over by a monastery, the Wishing Temple became the most famous name of the Warring States
Meiji Emperor. The government felt that there was no last name. It is very inconvenient to fabricate household registration and tax levy. In order to thoroughly implement the household registration system. It was ordered in the eighth year of Meiji (1875). Ask all the people to name themselves.
but because of people's long-standing habits. No one wants to use a last name. At this time. People are in a hurry to find a surname. There is a craze for taking surnames all over the country. As a result. Those who live in Aoki Village are surnamed Aoki. Those who live by the bridge are named "Bridge". The name of the person who grows a pine tree in front of his house is Matsushita. There is a mountain in front of the door. The surname is Yamaguchi.
With a little culture, I choose nice words like "Fushou", "Longevity", "Millennium", "Matsuzaka" and "Asahi" as my surnames. Longevity symbols such as "pine", "crane" and "turtle" have also become surnames. "Hundred", "Thousand" and "Wan" also became surnames. Some want to touch the light of aristocratic surnames. Just use the words in the previous aristocratic surname. For example, there are many people who use the word "rattan". The surnames Fujita, Fujimoto, Fujii, Fujiyama and Fujikawa were born.
And some uneducated people "don't choose their surnames". Take fish, vegetables, temples and occupations as surnames. Even deal with any one. My grandson, pig hand, dog breeding, ghost head and eggplant Sichuan are all here.
Because Japanese surnames come suddenly. It's special. Its connotation is also different. Most surnames in the world are related by blood. Japanese surnames rarely have this meaning. A surname is not necessarily related by blood. It's not a surname, but it may be an uncle or grandfather.
in p>1898. The government has enacted the household registration law. The family name of each household was fixed. But it also makes the Japanese surname a wonder in the world. A country with a eloquence of more than 1 million people. There are hundreds of thousands of surnames. On average, there are only a few hundred people in a surname. Japanese surnames are strange. Strange name, too. Most men's names end with the words "lang", "husband", "male" and "male". To show power, handsomeness and faithfulness. And there are many signs indicating ranking. The eldest son is called "Taro". The second son is called Jiro and Jiro. The eleventh place is called "Yu Ichiro". Some have removed the word "Lang". Directly is too, one, two. Use "rule" to mean 2. Use "choose" and "hide" to mean 3. Use "help" to mean the youngest son. From this, we can know that Koichi Kobayashi is definitely the eldest son. Torajiro must be the second son.
In the past, Japanese men's names were often added with "Bing Wei", "Saemon" and "Uemon". This is the name changed by military posts. There are also some to show the martial spirit.
Most Japanese women's names end with "Zi", "Jiang", "Dai" and "Zhi". Such as. Kawashima Yoshiko, Daguan Hangjiang, Yuno Chiyo, and Ohara Fujizhi. It sounds elegant and soft. About 9% of young women are now named after "Zi". According to custom. A woman should change her husband's surname after marriage. For example, after Ryoko Nakano married Kawasaki Yamahiro. Renamed Kawasaki Ryoko.
The famous movie star Noriko Sakai
uses numbers in his name. It is another feature of Japanese names. There are people named Yidan, Erjing, Miki, Shikjima and JII blindly. There are people with surnames of Hexagon, Qitiao, Eight Horses, Nine Ghosts and Ten Stones. There are also people with surnames of forty-five, Isuzu, Hundred Yuan, Six Hundred Fields and Thousand. There are even EMI and Long Live. It is more common to use numbers to represent rankings in names. But there are also those that indicate the time of birth. Like Isoroku Yamamoto. Is not ranked 56th. But because when he was born. My father's age is 56.
Isoroku Yamamoto
hopes to adopt
(Japanese people didn't have surnames: the earliest surnames in Japan were similar to those in China, and they were also divided into two parts: surname and surname. In general, surname is a branch of surname, with surname first and surname later. The history of Japanese clan can be traced back to the period when Daiwa imperial court unified Japan at the end of the 4th century. The so-called Daiwa imperial court in Japan is somewhat similar in nature to the more advanced tribal alliances. These tribal alliances began to adopt the clan system in order to distinguish each other-and, of course, to divide their spheres of influence more conveniently. For example, we all know that the real name of Shizuka in the robot cat is shizuka minamoto, and this famous "Genji" originated from this period, which is a very ancient and noble Japanese surname. (The other one, Genji originated from the illegitimate son of the Emperor) It seems that Nobuo Nobuo has a good eye.
Later, with the increasing population, more surnames began to split under the surname. At this time, surnames were mostly confined to bureaucrats or nobles, and ordinary people still had no surnames. At this time, most surnames were based on place names and official names. For example, in A Smart Rest, there are some silly samurai, Niigata New Uemon. In fact, his prototype official name is Niigata Pro-Dang, and he got this surname because his ancestors lived in this place. The new Youwei Gate is his post, and the Nichuan family has held this position in the shogunate for generations. The original intention of this position is literally, that is, the one on the right side of the general's house. It is only because the gatekeeper of the general's house must be the general and his trusted figure, and this position has gradually become a trusted confidant of the general, and many important affairs often have their duties.
it was not until the meiji restoration period that the Japanese government promulgated the Miao word must be called order to facilitate household registration management, so that ordinary people were given surnames by compulsory means, and Japanese surnames became something that everyone owned. In fact, during the Meiji Restoration period before the Miao character must be called, the Japanese government had allowed ordinary people to find a surname for themselves, but the Japanese people didn't seem to buy it, and finally they had to enact mandatory laws. Many people's surnames were "made up" in a hurry. As a result, such strange surnames as "Dog Breeder", "mitarai" (toilet), "My wife", "My grandson", "Wild Toe" (wild ass) and so on have appeared. )