Surname · Chinese · Japanese · unknown

秦

“pestle”·“two hands”·“grain”

秦 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese and Japanese and unknownWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hada.

Meaning & origin

What it means

秦 is built from elements meaning “pestle” and “two hands” and “grain”.

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秦’s family of names

In Chinese usage, 秦 has a later derivative in China. In Chinese usage, 秦 as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form QIN. In Japanese usage, 秦 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hada.

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秦HadaHataChinaQin

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

秦 has relatives in 3 languages.

Japanese

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 2

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.

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