Surname · Japanese
鍛冶
“forging, smithing”
鍛冶 (Kaji) is a surname from Old Japanese (ultimately Chinese). It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Kadi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
鍛冶 goes back to Old Japanese 鍛 (kanuti), meaning “forging, smithing.”
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Where it comes from
鍛冶 comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Chinese.
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How it developed
From Old Japanese 鍛 (kanuti, “forging, smithing”), from Chinese 鍛冶, built from Japanese 金 (kana) + 打ち (uchi, “striking”).
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鍛冶’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 鍛冶 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kadi. In Japanese usage, 鍛冶 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as KAJI. In Japanese usage, 鍛冶 as a surname has a related form in 鍛治.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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