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尚
“uncle, superior”
尚 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hisashi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
尚 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-rjaŋ, meaning “uncle, superior.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
尚’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 尚 can be written in the Roman alphabet as NAO. In Japanese usage, 尚 can be written in the Roman alphabet as HISASHI. In Japanese usage, 尚 can be written in the Roman alphabet as NAFO.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named 尚
- Hisashi YamamotoJapanese chemist (born 1943)
- Hisashi NozawaJapanese screenwriter and mystery novelist1960–2004
- Hisashi MatsumotoJapanese politician (born 1962)
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