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

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

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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