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姓名
“clan”·“name”
姓名 (kabanena) is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: kabanena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
姓名 is built from elements meaning “clan” and “name”.
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How it developed
Built from Japanese 姓 (kabane, “clan”) + 名 (na, “name”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
姓名’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 姓名 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as kabanena.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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See also 8
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