假名 (jiǎ míng) — pseudonym; Japanese kana (hiragana and katakana) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

假名 (jiǎmíng) means 'pseudonym / pen name' — a made-up name a writer or artist uses in place of their real name. In Japanese-language contexts it specifically refers to kana (hiragana and katakana).

noun

pseudonymJapanese kana (hiragana and katakana)

Examples

假名。
Tā xiě wén zhāng shí yòng le jiǎ míng.
He used a pseudonym when writing articles.
，假名。
Wǒ xué guò rì yǔ, huì xiě jiǎ míng.
I studied Japanese and can write kana.
假名“”。
Tā de jiǎ míng shì "lán tiān".
His pseudonym is "Blue Sky".

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

假 (fake) and 名 (name) combine to mean pseudonym.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻叚假

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

叚

叚jiǎ假jiǎ

Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

夕口名

夕夕xīcrescent moon
口口kǒumouth

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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