Courtesy name

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In East Asia, a courtesy name (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally "character") is a name given to a person when they become an adult. It is also known as a style name.[1] Today, not many Chinese people have courtesy names.

Courtesy name (Zi)
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese (表) 字
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin (biǎo) zì
- Wade–Giles (piao)-tzu
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Transcriptions
- Revised
Romanization
ja
- McCune-
Reischauer
cha

References

  1. Wilkinson, Endymion Porter (2018). Chinese History: A New Manual. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 143-145. ISBN 978-0998888309.