真名

See also: 眞名

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (真名/眞名)		真/眞	名
simp. (真名)		真	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ meng^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ming²
    • Yale: jēn-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenming
    • Palladius: чжэньмин (čžɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ meng^4-2
    • Yale: jān méng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ meng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ méng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

真名

1. real name

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	名
ま Grade: 3	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
眞名 (kyūjitai) 真字

From 真 (ma-, “true”) +‎ 名 (na, “name → character”). So called "true" because it is used for the meaning of the characters rather than their phonetic values, as opposed to 仮名 (kana, “provisional/borrowed characters”). Compare 真仮名 (magana, “phonetic kanji”).

Compare Korean 진서 (真書, jinseo, “true characters → Chinese characters”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ま​な [máꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠na̠]

Noun

真(ま)名(な) • (mana) 

1. Synonym of 漢字 (kanji): Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language

   Synonym: 男文字 (otokomoji)

2. (by extension) kanji written in the 楷書体 (kaisho-tai, “regular script”) style
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Aoi)

     ...草(さう)にも真名(まな)にも、さまざまめづらしきさまに書(か)き混(ま)ぜたまへり。

     ...sō ni mo mana ni mo, samazama mezurashiki-sama ni kakimaze tamaeri.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 真名井(まない) (Manai)
• 真名鹿(まなか) (manaka)
• 真名書(まなが)き (managaki)
• 真名(まな)川(がわ) (Managawa)
• 真名(まな)暦(ごよみ) (managoyomi)
• 真名(まな)序(じょ) (manajo)
• 真名(まな)文(ぶみ) (manabumi)
• 真名(まな)本(ぼん) (manabon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	名
ま > まん Grade: 3	な Grade: 1
irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
眞名 (kyūjitai) 真字

/mana/ → /manːa/

Shift from mana above, due to the addition of 撥音 (hatsuon, “ん (n) sound”).

Noun

真(まん)名(な) • (manna) 

1. (rare) Same as まな (mana) above