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正
正 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Tadashi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
正 goes back to a word meaning “centre; target; first (month); straight; correct.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
正’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 正 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tadashi. In Japanese usage, 正 can be written in the Roman alphabet as MASASHI. In Japanese usage, 正 can be written in the Roman alphabet as TADASU.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 正
- Han ZhengVice President of the People's Republic of Chinaborn 1954
- Tadashi ImaiJapanese film director (1912–1991)
- Tadashi YanaiJapanese businessmanborn 1949
- Yin ZhengChinese skeleton racerborn 1996
- Tadashi AbeAikido master1926–1984
- Tadashi KawamataJapanese artist (born 1953)
- Tadashi TokiedaJapanese mathematicianborn 1968
- Tadashi NakayamaJapanese mathematician (1912-1964)
- Wang ZhengChinese sport shooter (1979-)
Characters named 正: Cao Zheng (Water Margin character).
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