假名 (jiǎmíng): false name

Meanings

1 false name
2 pseudonym
3 alias
4 Japanese kana writing system

Characters

假

jiǎ

false; fake; borrowed

名

míng

name

Examples

他用假名登记了酒店。

Tā yòng jiǎmíng dēngjì le jiǔdiàn.

He checked into the hotel under a false name.

日语有平假名和片假名两种假名。

Rìyǔ yǒu píngjiǎmíng hé piànjiǎmíng liǎng zhǒng jiǎmíng.

Japanese has two types of kana: hiragana and katakana.

Tips

culture

In the Japanese writing system context, 假 means 'borrowed' (not 'fake'). Kana characters were borrowed/simplified from Chinese characters. 平假名 = hiragana, 片假名 = katakana.

Stroke Order

假 jià

名 míng

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alias / pseudonym / assumed name

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business card; name card

姓名 xìngmíng HSK 2 #4,042

full name