How did the Japanese name come from?

Japanese surnames generally consist of one to three Chinese characters, and a few have more than four Chinese characters.

In 1870, in order to meet the needs of conscription, taxation and household registration. Emperor Meiji issued the Order on Civilians Allowing Miao Wen, which allowed all Japanese, including civilians who were not allowed to have surnames before. Japanese civilians who are used to not having surnames are not enthusiastic about it, so the work of creating surnames is slow. Therefore, in 1875, Emperor Meiji issued an order that Miao Wen, a civilian, must be addressed, stipulating that all Japanese people must use their surnames.

In Japanese, Miao (also written as "name") means "surname" in Chinese; The Chinese name is Qian. There is also the word surname in Japanese, which refers to clans, including Genji, Shi Ping and Fujiwara, that is, clans that once held political power in ancient times.

After the Japanese get married, because the law prohibits the husband and wife from having different surnames, the wife generally changes her husband's surname, and if she is an adopted son-in-law, she changes her maiden name.

In addition, the Japanese emperor has no surname. It is estimated that at least 90% of surnames currently used by Japanese residents come from the period after Meiji Restoration. However, this figure currently lacks authoritative statistics.

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Writing method

After the implementation of simplified Chinese characters in Japan, Chinese characters for personal names are also published as a standard, but it is not mandatory. People can apply whether to use the new simplified Chinese characters, so some people find it difficult to write. For example, many people named "Shigu" changed their names to "Shigu".

However, there are many exceptions. For example, "one" and "wide" are opposite. More people continue to use "Guang" and many strokes, such as "Ryoko Hirosue", which is a famous example. In general literature and media, the word "one model" often appears simply because of the standard use of words, but in fact, the hukou book is written as "wide model".

However, people who can freely choose their writing methods are limited to families that have grown up in Japan since ancient times. People who have been naturalized after the promulgation of the standard Chinese Characters for Personal Names use simplified characters.

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