Surname · Chinese · Japanese
乾
“heaven; sky; sun”
乾 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Inuwi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
乾 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ka-n, meaning “heaven; sky; sun.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ka-n (“heaven; sky; sun”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
乾’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 乾 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as INUI. In Japanese usage, 乾 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Inuwi. In Japanese usage, 乾 as a surname has a transliteration in いぬい.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- ほ-すin another script · Japanese
- ひin another script · Japanese
- かわ-かすin another script · Japanese
- かわ-くin another script · Japanese
- いぬいin another script · Japanese
- ケンin another script · Japanese
- カンin another script · Japanese
- ゲンin another script · Japanese
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named 乾
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