1. Do not choose polyphonic characters for names
The little girl Dong Qian (Yin Qian) was unhappy as soon as she entered school. During the first roll call, the teacher called her Dong Xi. From then on, her friends gave her nicknames and no longer called her by her correct name. This is all caused by polyphonic characters. Experts point out that polyphonic characters make people confused when pronouncing them and should be avoided when naming.
2. Do not use uncommon characters in your name
Modern scholar Zhang Binglin named his daughter with four "I" characters arranged in a square, which is the character "Gu Zhan". Because the wording was too biased, it stumped many people, including my daughter’s teacher, and made her very embarrassed. There are many examples of people today encountering trouble when registering their household registration, applying for certificates, bank deposits, post office remittances, purchasing insurance, purchasing civil aviation tickets, and handling other businesses because computers cannot enter their names with uncommon characters. Experts say that names may seem like personal matters, but they have strong social implications. The misuse of uncommon and irregular words in names will not only cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, but also affect communication.
3. It’s not easy to give a double name
There are three Wang Weis in one class in the kindergarten, so that teachers and children have to distinguish them by big, small, fat and thin. . Among the CCTV presenters are Yang Liu, a man and a woman. Zhang Ying is a good name, but in the late 1980s, there were more than 4,000 Zhang Yings in Beijing alone. Duplicate names can cause some trouble or even harm, but double names can greatly reduce the rate of duplicate names. According to a sample survey conducted by the State Language Commission on the third national census data in 1989, the rate of duplicate names for single names was 67.7%, and the rate of duplicate names for double names was 32.4%.
4. Try to avoid common names
If a person is called Jingsheng, he was probably born in Beijing; if a person is called Husheng, he was probably born in Shanghai. According to a sample survey conducted by the State Language Commission on the third national census data, among 570,000 people, 630 were named Jianguo and 610 were named Jianjun. There are 1,084 people named Guilan and 1,336 people named Guiying. Experts suggest that naming patterns should not be too similar, and highly used names should be avoided as much as possible. In some places, when parents apply for a newborn's household registration, they can first use the computer to check whether there are duplicate names. This practice is worth promoting.
5. Don’t have names with the same tone
Zhang Xiangjiang, Feng Qinglan, Yuan Yunyu, do these three-character names with the same tone sound a bit bland when read? Do Shen Hanzhang and Sun Hanqing read with ups and downs? Expert research found that three-character names with the same tone accounted for only 5.2% of the samples taken. This shows that people follow the rules of tone changes intentionally or unintentionally when choosing names. Experts also suggest that it is best to have a flat tone at the end of your name, because characters with upper tones are less loud. 6. Pay attention to the choice of rhymes
If several words with the same initials and pronunciations are put together, it will be difficult to read; if the finals are also the same, it will be even more difficult to pronounce. Nannilan, Li Nili, Sun Cunchun? "Kekehe, does it read like a tongue twister?" Experts remind that it is best not to use all n and l when naming. z, c, s and zh, ch, sh are the initial consonants with the same pronunciation position. If you want your name to be resounding and catchy, the finals you choose are crucial. Experts say that names with nasal finals sound loud when pronounced. Characters with back nasal finals such as Ang, Liang, Guang, Peng and Dong are especially loud. Among non-nasal initials, the main vowels have a wider opening. , such as Da, Shuai, Yao and Bao, have a higher loudness.
7. The font structure has changed
The name is not only often read, but also often written. Experts suggest that the character structure used in the name should not be too single. Names such as Guoyuanyuan, Lin Yanghua, and Lu Changyan are a bit monotonous when written, lacking the beauty of change, and may also affect people's recognition of signatures.
8. Avoid unpleasant homophonic meanings
If homophones are used skillfully when naming, it will make people feel subtle and unconventional. However, namemakers sometimes only pay attention to the meaning of the chosen word itself, but ignore that words or phrases that sound homophonic to the name may be derogatory. Experts point out that names with poor homophones such as Fan Wan (rice bowl), Hou Yan (laryngitis), and Hu Lijing (vixen), as well as names that can easily cause ambiguity in the text, such as Hot Spring and Shenyang, should be avoided when naming.
9. Men’s and women’s names should be different
A man is often treated as a female guest when he is on a business trip. What makes him so embarrassed is that he has a very feminine name: Wang Lanying.
Experts say that with the historical accumulation of culture, the gender difference in names has gradually been recognized by society and has formed a social custom. Parents must consider gender factors when naming names, otherwise they may encounter trouble when using them. ?
10. Do not revere foreign names
Tanaka Keiko, is this a Japanese friend? No, she is a Chinese girl named Tian. Experts say that in order to give their children a unique name, more and more parents are coming up with four-letter names, which is an attempt. However, names that are easily misleading such as Keiko Tanaka, John Lee, and Peter Zhang should still be used with caution. Chinese names should preferably have Chinese characteristics and reflect Chinese culture.
11. Traditional Chinese characters are not allowed
According to the relevant household registration system, starting from 1983, simplified Chinese characters will be used for names in China, and traditional Chinese characters will no longer be used except in special circumstances.
The problem of standardized characters for names. The country is about to issue a "Character List for Chinese Names" to standardize the characters used in personal names. The purpose of this list is to examine the existing names, determine the appropriate number of characters, and reduce the number of uncommon characters in names based on the rules of character usage. Through quantification, shaping, pronunciation, and sequencing, as well as through scientific, systematic, and comprehensive sorting, names can be adapted to the needs of modern society, and the role of current Chinese characters in domestic and international cultural exchanges can be more fully utilized.
Some people think that this list may limit people's right to name. According to Professor Li Bing, the leader of the "Characteristic Table of Chinese Names" project, the list will contain more than 12,000 characters. The principles for collecting characters are: characters with meaning but no sound, meaning with no sound, unknown sound and meaning, and words with meaning but no documentary evidence (the source cannot be found in classics and history collections) will not be included or less will be included. He said that all characters that are suitable as names for people and have good meanings are included in the list.
Su Peicheng, a linguist and professor at Peking University, believes that there is a limit to the human brain’s ability to memorize Chinese characters, which is no more than seven or eight thousand characters, and commonly used characters are no more than three or four thousand. There is no need to artificially push the limits and memorize uncommon words that are not used at all or are rarely used. Generally speaking, a person with a middle-level education only knows three to four thousand characters, and the literacy level of a university graduate from the Chinese Department is generally about 5,000 characters. It is estimated that there are not many people in the country who can recognize more than 12,000 characters in the "Character List of Personal Names". There is really no need to use more than 12,000 words to find a word that you don't even know as a name. Apart from causing trouble to yourself and others, what's the point of doing so?