name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name in East Asian cultures From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In East Asia, a courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; 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) | |
 | |
| Chinese name | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | (表) 字 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | (biǎo) zì |
| Wade–Giles | (piao)-tzu |
| Vietnamese name | |
| Vietnamese alphabet | tự |
| Chữ Hán | 字 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 자 |
| Hanja | 字 |
| Revised Romanization | ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | cha |
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