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begin; initiate; inaugurate
begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
 
clan name; maiden name
to change names; to be renamed; to name
to change names; to be renamed; to name; to give a name or title to
 
trad. (創氏改名) 改名
simp. (创氏改名) 改名
 
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創氏改名

  1. (historical) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 6

Grade: 4
かい
Grade: 4
めい
Grade: 1
on'yomi
 
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(そう)()(かい)(めい) (Sōshi kaimeiさうしかいめい (Sausi kaimei)?

  1. (historical) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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創氏改名 (Changssigaemyeong) (hangeul 창씨개명)

  1. hanja form? of 창씨개명