Character names in 1870s: Meiji surnames + registers 뿯½ Meiji surnames + registers
This page describes those systems and the legal lists that constrain them (especially Japanese jinmeiyō kanji). It will not calculate lucky strokes or destinies. Keep Character names with “Meiji surnames + registers” and 90 from 1870s. In many Chinese lineages a poem or list assigns one character of the given name by generation, so cousins share a written coordinate.
Chinese generation names and Korean 돌림자 assign a shared syllable or character to a sibling or cousin cohort. That is genealogy design — a way to read a family tree — not a prediction engine. This page describes those systems and the legal lists that constrain them (especially Japanese jinmeiyō kanji). It will not calculate lucky strokes or destinies.
In many Chinese lineages a poem or list assigns one character of the given name by generation, so cousins share a written coordinate. A Korean practice of sharing a hanja/syllable across siblings or a generation. It marks a set. It does not forecast fortunes in this atlas. Why does Japan have a kanji list for names?
The koseki (family register) and ministry lists (jōyō and jinmeiyō) limit which characters can be filed for a given name. KOSTAT publishes given-name frequencies; families may still think in hanja even when the file is hangul. Read releases as counts, not as luck. Is a “good” character one with lucky strokes?
The two places are the register and the nickname. 1870s’s “Meiji surnames + registers” splits them. The figure is 90. Keep Character names with “Meiji surnames + registers” and 90 from 1870s. 901870s
Figures to keep
- Year of the rule
- 1870s
- Figure on the name
- 90
- Topic
- Character names
- Line in the record
- Meiji surnames + registers
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