Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
直
“eye”
直 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Tadashi.
Meaning & origin
直’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 直 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tadashi.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 直
- Sunao TokunagaJapanese novelist and writer (1899-1958)
- Naoshi KannoJapanese fighter pilot in World War II1921–1945
- Sunao SonodaJapanese politician (1913–1984)
- Sunao TsuboiJapanese activist1925–2021
- Nao YazawaJapanese manga artistborn 2000
- Naoshi OharaJapanese lawyer, prosecutor, cabinet minister1877–1966
- Tadashi SugiyamaJapanese video game designerborn 1959
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