Yin characters are used to read people's names.
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Yin, a Chinese first-class word, was first pronounced as yín, which was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its original meaning was to ask for an arrow from a letter, extended to show respect, and extended to be a respectful title to a fellow official. Later, it was borrowed as the third place in the twelve branches, and also expressed the wood in the first month of the lunar calendar and the five elements and the tiger in the twelve zodiac. Shuo Wen Jie Zi thinks it is patella.
Name introduction:
A person's name, also known as a first name. A person's name is something that everyone has, but it is actually a code name. Personal name is a specific name symbol given to each individual by human beings to distinguish individuals, and it is a sign to distinguish individual differences among people through language and written information. With names, human beings can communicate normally and orderly, so everyone has a name of their own.
People's names didn't appear until after the language came into being, and all ethnic groups have many habits in naming people. This habit is restricted by many cultural factors such as history, society and nationality, and a person's name usually has a certain meaning.
classification:
from the perspective of historical custom evolution, there are milk names, real names, scientific names, former names, pen names, stage names and so on. Judging from the distinctive forms of names, they not only embody different appellations at different ages, but also symbolize a person's occupation, status and identity.
The birth name is also called the birth name, nickname and fine print, which is a person's childhood name. For example, a second child, a third child, a baby, a baby, etc., are generally not needed when they grow up, unless the elders occasionally call them to the younger generation.
The pen name is often an alias that literati put on their works according to their own preferences. The stage name is an alias used by artists when performing. For example, Bai Yushuang, formerly known as Li Huimin and also known as Li Guizhen, is a Pingju performing artist whose artistic style is called "White School".
Surname:
Those whose surnames are given by their ancestors; Shi's person, don't be divided by his descendants; "The surname is also a symbol of family blood". According to research, the ancient Chinese surname comes from totem worship and is a clan emblem or symbol. The original source of Chinese ancient surnames is primitive religious worship, totem worship and ancestor worship based on "Heaven". The primitive totem worship is the root of the ancient Chinese surname. A large number of ancient documents support this view.