The origin of Japanese surnames The real origin of Japanese surnames.

It sounds a little incredible that the country ordered the whole country to take their surnames together, but it did happen in Japan. In the third year of Meiji (AD 187), Japan * * * made a decision that "all citizens can take their surnames". However, not many people responded. Therefore, in the eighth year of Meiji (1875), * * had to publish the compulsory Order of the Miao Character, which stipulated that "every citizen must have a surname". Indeed, in Japan, which is separated only by a strip of water from us, most people had no surnames before 1875. It can be said that the Japanese have a surname, but it has only been more than a hundred years.

In ancient times, only the nobles in Japan had famous surnames, and their so-called surnames were different from what we understood.

At the end of the 4th century A.D., the Yamato court of Japan unified many small countries in the southern part of the Japanese archipelago into one country, and its political rule was based on the surname system. Headed by the great king of the Yamato court (later emperor), the nobles who held the central government and the kings of small countries affiliated to the court established blood-related groups, which were called "Shi", and a "Shi" was also a noble family.

some names of surname come from official positions, some from place names of residence and ruling place, some from names of gods, and some from skills. For example, those who live in the country of Izumo are called "Izumo's family" and those who do sacrificial work are called "Taboo's family". The King's family, which held the supreme power of the Yamato court, was the most powerful family at that time.

Later, the King's family gave "surnames" to many families belonging to the imperial court according to their closeness, blood relationship and contribution. This "surname" can't be regarded as a real surname, but it is a title of status, family status and position, similar to a title. At that time, there were about 3 surnames, among which "Xiangchen", "Jun" and "Zhi" were given to the royal family and prominent nobles, and they were the most powerful surnames.

Due to the population growth, a big family has many branches. These branches have given themselves the word Miao. "Miao character" means bud and branch, that is, branch from one's own family. For example, Fujiwara is a big family. After the division, Fujiwara, who lives near Jiangguo, took the initials of "near Jiangguo" and "Fujiwara" and called it "Kondo". Fujiwara, who lives in Yi Shi, Yuanjiang and Kaga, is called Ito, Endo and Kato. In the eighth year of Meiji, people who had never had a surname wanted to get a touch of the word "Fujita" when they took their own surname, so surnames such as Fujita, Fujimoto, Fujii, Fujiyama, Fujikawa and Fujita were born.

It can be seen that at this time, the surname can indicate part of the family blood relationship, but the surname only indicates the status of the family, and the Miao word indicates a new branch, but at this time, the surname, surname and Miao word are only available to nobles.

in the middle of the 7th century, during the period of Dahua innovation, the hereditary title was abolished, which meant that the family name was meaningless, and the surname and surname were mixed into one, and some of them became surnames that have been passed down to the present. At this time, surnames were still the exclusive products of nobles. By the 19th century, surnames were limited to warriors, wealthy businessmen and powerful people in the village. These people apply to the authorities and get special permission to have surnames. It is a great honor to be able to "bring a knife with a name". The so-called "bringing a knife" means having a surname, and ordinary people only have a first name without a surname.

During the reign of Emperor Meiji, * * * felt that it was very inconvenient to have no surname, fabricate household registration and levy taxes, which called on everyone to take a surname. However, due to people's long-standing habits, no one wanted to use a surname. At this point, * * * had to issue the order that "all citizens must take a surname". At this time, people were in a hurry to find surnames, and there was a craze for taking surnames all over the country. Those who live in Aoki Village are named Aoki, those who live by the bridge are named Daqiao, and those who grow pine trees at home are called Panasonic. If there is a mountain in front of the door, it is called Yamaguchi. So Tanaka, Miki, Yamada, Sunlight, Beifeng, Front, Above and Guanyin, surnames that China people find strange, suddenly burst out.

There are Ueno, Tanaka, Hanoi, Shangyuan, Shiyuan, Luqian, Omiya, Yoshiokaya, Sanhewu, and Fat House with place names as surnames, and there are delicious, delicious and fat houses with occupations as surnames. Some people use the names of ancient warriors as surnames, such as Sakai, Bendo and Shangshan, all of which are the names of ancient warriors. Some people are afraid of being punished by the government, and "don't choose their surnames", taking fish, vegetables, temples and occupations as surnames. Suzuki was originally a symbol held by the god officer, and it also became a surname. A little cultural choice of good words such as longevity, longevity, Millennium, loose bamboo, Asahi as surnames. Longevity symbols such as pine, crane and turtle have also become surnames, and hundreds, thousands and thousands have also become surnames. Some people really can't think of a good way, so they have to deal with one casually. "My grandson", "pig hand", "dog breeding", "ghost head" and "eggplant Sichuan" are all here, and some let officials come up with one casually.

in 1898, * * * enacted the household registration law, so that the surname of each household was fixed and could not be changed at will. Because the Japanese surname comes suddenly and specially, its connotation is also different. Most surnames in the world are related by blood, but Japanese surnames rarely have this meaning. Those who have a surname are not necessarily related by blood, but those who don't have a surname may be uncles and grandfathers.

Most Japanese surnames consist of two Chinese characters, ranging from one character to nine characters at most. Such as Beichi, Shore, Tanaka, Suzuki, Utsunomiya, saionji, Chokushikawara and Kadenokoji. Therefore, in order to distinguish which is the surname and which is the first name, on the occasion of formal signature, a word should be left in the middle of the surname and the first name. For example, Kiyoshi Inoue should be written as "Kiyoshi Inoue", "Third-order Tangjin", "Yagi Xiahong" and "Yagi Xiahong".

It is said that there are more than 1, surnames in Japan, and the population of Japan is only over 1 million, with an average of only a few hundred surnames. There are more than 4 most common ones, among which Suzuki, Sato, Tanaka, Yamamoto, Watanabe, Gao Qiao, Kobayashi, Nakamura, Ito and Saito account for 1% of the total population, with more than 1 million.

There are so many surnames in Japan, but the emperor has no surnames. Emperor Akihito and Emperor Hirohito could not name their surnames. The Japanese believe that the emperor is not a person, but a god, and the god has no surname. The emperor has no surname, so does the prince, grandson, daughter, brother and aunt. Generally, women change their husband's surname after marriage, but civilians still use their maiden's surname when they marry the royal family. Wen Ren's wife, Chuan Dao Kiko, surnamed Chuan Dao, is her maiden name.

Japanese people have strange surnames and names. Most Japanese men's first names end with words such as Lang, Fu, Xiong, and Male, which indicate * * * military, handsome and faithful. Moreover, there are many signs of ranking. The eldest son is called Taro, the second son is called Jiro and Jiro, and the 11th one is called Yuichiro. Some people have removed the word "Lang" directly, which means "Tai", "Yi", "Ci" and "Er", which means two with rule, three with election and hiding, and the youngest son with help. The eldest daughter is called eldest son, the second daughter is called neutron, and the third daughter is called third son. Koichi Kobayashi must be the eldest son and Torajiro must be the second. In the past, Japanese men's names were often added with "Bing Wei", "Saemon" and "Uemon", which were changed from military positions, and some were used to show the spirit of martial arts.

Japanese women's names often end with "Zi", "Jiang", "Dai" and "Zhi", such as Kawashima Yoshiko, Daguan Xingjiang, Yuno Chiyo and Ohara Tomoyo, which sounds elegant and soft. Nowadays, about 9% of young women are named after "Zi". It is customary for a woman to change her husband's surname after marriage. After Ryoko Nakano married Kawasaki Yamahiro, she was renamed Kawasaki Yoshiko; Song QiJun generation, after getting married, changed his name to Kurimoto Jundai. Now, more and more women are opposed to the husband and wife sharing the same surname, and they have also set up a "meeting against the husband and wife sharing the same surname", arguing that they should still use their own surnames after marriage.

Using numbers in names is another feature of Japanese names. There are people named Yidan, Erjing, Miki, and Shikjima blindly; there are people named Hexao, Qitiao, Eight Horses, Nine Ghosts and Ten Stones; there are people named Forty-five, Isuzu, Hundred Dollars, Six Hundred Fields, Thousand Households; and there are even people named EMI and Long Live. It is more common to use numbers in names to indicate rankings, but some also indicate the time of birth. Isoroku Yamamoto, for example, was born because his father was 56 years old.

Japan is a country that pays attention to etiquette. In the past, a naming ceremony was held when a child was born, and it was stipulated that it was held within the 14th day after the child was born, usually the seventh day. The Japanese called this day "Imperial Seven Nights", which was an auspicious day for naming. On the night of naming, a banquet was held at home to celebrate.

Japanese children can call their parents by their first names in front of outsiders, which is not allowed in most countries.

there are many strange names of Japanese people. Japanese names are usually written by surname first, but when translated into western languages, they are often changed to surname first, and they are spelled in Roman characters according to the original Japanese pronunciation. Since 1951, Japan * * * proposed to restrict the use of uncommon Chinese characters for personal names, more and more people in Japan have the same surname, so some people advocate using "pseudonyms" instead of Chinese characters.

Japanese surnames are not only numerous, but also very complicated in pronunciation and Chinese character writing. There are several or even more than a dozen Chinese characters for surnames with the same pronunciation, and the same Chinese character will have several pronunciations. For example, ささき can be pronounced as the following surnames-Sasaki, Sasaki, Sasaki, Sasaki, Sasaki, Mausoleum, Que and so on. Japanese people whose surname is ことぅ can write in Chinese characters in the following ways: Goto, Goto, Goto, Wutong, Wutong, Jiangteng, Niutou, Wudao, Houdao and so on.

Japanese surnames are so complicated that I don't know how to pronounce them myself, and I don't know how to write Chinese characters when I hear the names. According to a survey, there are as many as 4 million business cards exchanged in Japan every day, which means that 231 groups of people exchange business cards every second. But in Japan, it is very impolite to call the other person's name wrong. In order to avoid mistakes, most Japanese people use pseudonyms to indicate the pronunciation of Japanese next to the names written in Chinese characters.

Japanese people are also used to using surnames instead of first names. If someone goes to someone named "Sato", there will probably be several "Satos" who promise together. There is a joke that if a Grenade is thrown into a crowded crowd at the peak of commuting in Japan, 1 people will be killed, 9 of them will be called Sato.