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名みょう字じ

N2
みょうじ myouji
  1. surname
  2. family name
noun

Chinese meanings

姓氏

Examples

  • あなたの名みょう字じはどうつづるのですか。
    How do you spell your family name?
    你的姓怎么拼写?
  • トムはメアリーの苗みょう字じを知しらなかった。
    Tom didn't know what Mary's last name was.
    汤姆不知道玛丽的姓。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('718a562886'); // 名字
{
  "id": "718a562886",
  "word": "名字",
  "reading": "みょうじ",
  "romaji": "myouji",
  "meanings": [
    "surname",
    "family name"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1604730,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたの名字はどうつづるのですか。",
      "furigana": "あなたの{名字|みょうじ}はどうつづるのですか。",
      "en": "How do you spell your family name?",
      "tatoeba_id": 233001
    },
    {
      "ja": "トムはメアリーの苗字を知らなかった。",
      "furigana": "トムはメアリーの{苗字|みょうじ}を{知|し}らなかった。",
      "en": "Tom didn't know what Mary's last name was.",
      "tatoeba_id": 2315903
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "404bb27c3f6fb0b6b033311290b4f1979f69616a84dc9f8db075bdf1c914295a",
    "meanings": [
      "姓氏"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたの名字はどうつづるのですか。",
        "zh": "你的姓怎么拼写?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "トムはメアリーの苗字を知らなかった。",
        "zh": "汤姆不知道玛丽的姓。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/718a562886",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1604730; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "01fae33e2e43c4ad997f8073bf8337a11adfbb74e60b88522ee4b038169359dd"
  }
}