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氏名 (しめい, shimei) Japanese meaning: full name | Kotomora
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Please fill in your full name on the application form.
The police released the victim's name.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 氏し 名めい を 記き 入にゅう する to fill in one's full name on (a document)
Please fill in your full name on the application form.
氏し 名めい を 名な 乗の る to state/give one's full name
Stopped by a police officer, he stated his full name.
氏し 名めい を 確かく 認にん する to verify/confirm someone's full name
My name was confirmed at the reception desk.
氏し 名めい 不ふ 詳しょう name unknown (used for unidentified persons)
A man whose name is unknown fled the scene.
Kanji 氏 family name, surname, clan 名 name, noted, distinguished Related words 名前 is the everyday, general word for 'name', while 氏名 specifically means one's full legal name and is used in formal documents.
姓名 also means 'full name' but stresses the split between family name (姓) and given name (名), whereas 氏名 is the standard term on official forms.
フルネーム is a casual loanword for 'full name', while 氏名 is the formal term used in paperwork and official identification.
氏名 is the formal, written term used on documents and forms, whereas お名前 is the polite spoken form used when talking to or about someone in person.
氏名 is the formal term for a person's full name as written on official documents, while 人名 is a broader, more neutral term for any personal name, including in lists or databases.
Don't confuse with 氏名 (also read しめい) means a person's full name, while 指名 means naming or designating someone for a role or request.
氏名 simply means one's full name as written on documents, while 本名 specifically contrasts a person's true name with a pseudonym or alias.
氏名 means a person's 'full name' and shares the kanji 氏 with 両氏, but the two words are unrelated in meaning.
Etymology Compound of 氏 (family name, clan) and 名 (name). The reading しめい is the standard on'yomi. The rare reading うじな uses the kun'yomi for 氏 and on'yomi for 名.
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氏名 is a formal term meaning 'full name' (surname plus given name), while 苗字 refers only to the surname part.
