Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname
A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; Hanyu Pinyin: xìng or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Origin Of Surnames
Prior to the Warring States Period (5th century BCE), only the royal family and the aristocratic elite could generally take surnames. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - The Sociological Use Of Surnames
Throughout most of Chinese history, surnames have served sociological functions. Because of their association with the aristocratic elite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dao An: Encyclopedia - Dao An
Dao An (314-385AD) was a Buddhist monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, originating from what is now Hebei Province. Mainly important today as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yin Surname: Encyclopedia - Yin Surname
Yin (Chinese: 殷; Hanyu Pinyin: yin) is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname: Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname
Zhang (Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Jyutping: Zoeng1, Hong Kong Gov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Marriage: Encyclopedia - Chinese Marriage
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Encyclopedia - Chin: Encyclopedia - Chin
In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face. Chin may also refer to: Cleft chin, also "butt chin" in slang usage, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velar Nasal: Encyclopedia - Velar Nasal
The velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Name: Encyclopedia - Chinese Name
Chinese personal names follow a number of conventions different from those of Western personal names. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luo: Encyclopedia - Luo
The Luo are a people of Kenya, they live on the shores and hinterland of Lake Victoria. They speak the Dholuo language, which belongs to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Chinese In Hawaii
The Chinese in Hawaii constitute about 4.7% of the state's population, most of whom (75%) have ancestors from Zhongshan in Guangdong. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hoa: Encyclopedia - Hoa
The Hoa (Chu Nom/Chinese character: 華, Mandarin: Yuènán huárén (越南華人), Cantonese: yuet naam wah que (越南華僑), also re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore: Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore
The Chinese in Singapore are people of Chinese descent who are born in or immigrated to Singapore and has attained citizenship or permane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nair: Encyclopedia - Nair
Nair or Nayar (Malayalam: നായ൪) is the name of an upper Hindu caste in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jianzhen: Encyclopedia - Jianzhen
Jianzhen or Ganjin (鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wen Tianxiang: Encyclopedia - Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang (Wade-Giles: Wen T'ien-hsiang) (文天祥, June 6, 1236 – January 9, 1283), titled Duke of Xinguo, the last resisting Pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuengling: Encyclopedia - Yuengling
Yuengling is a brand of beer sold by the Yuengling Brewing Company of Pottsville, Pennsylvania in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Name: Encyclopedia - Arabic Name
Old Arabic names are based on a very sophisticated naming system: most Arabs do not simply have first/middle/last names, but a full chain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Classic Texts: Encyclopedia - Chinese Classic Texts
China has a wealth of classical literature, both poetry and prose, dating from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) and including ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goguryeo: Encyclopedia - Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BC – 668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Baekje and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Nobility: Encyclopedia - Chinese Nobility
Although formally The Son of Heaven, the power of the emperor varied between different emperors and different dynasties, with some empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Surname - Korean Surname
Wang is a Korean family name 왕 but fairly rare in Korea. According to the South Korean census of 2000, in that year 23,447 people beari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhang Surname - History Of The Surname 張
The origin of the surname Zhang is legendary. The fifth son of Huang Di (Yellow Emperor), the supreme ancestor of all Chinese people, was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Name - Customs
In ancient times, people in Japan were considered the property of the Emperor and their surname reflected the role in the government they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnamese Name - Family Name
The family name, positioned first, is passed on by the father to his children (patronymic naming system). It is estimated that there are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-parthian Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-parthian Kingdom - Silk Road Transmission Of Buddhism
Main article: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Some pocket of Parthian rule remained in the East, even after the takeover by the Sassan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesian Names: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesian Names - Modifications To The Name Outside Of Indonesia
Countries often modify the official Indonesian name to conform to their typical naming standards. This is most apparent where individuals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Italy
See also: Italian surnames category. Italian names are mostly derived from Latin, but since Italy has been often ruled by foreigners, man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maiden Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Maiden Name - Maiden Name Marriage Customs
Maiden name - Using a husband's surname. In English speaking countries, there is a strong tradition of a woman using her husband's surn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Italy
See also: Italian surnames category. Italian names are mostly derived from Latin, but since Italy has been often ruled by foreigners, man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catálogo Alfabético De Apellidos: Encyclopedia Ii - Catálogo Alfabético De Apellidos - Source Of Surnames
The surnames were culled from many Philippine languages such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, and many others. Spanish also prov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iberian Naming Customs: Encyclopedia Ii - Iberian Naming Customs - Spanish Names
In Spanish-speaking countries, the name of the father is put before the name of the mother; these are then known as the apellido paterno ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ashkenazi Jewish Surnames
Until a few hundred years ago, Ashkenazim (Jews from Northern and Eastern Europe) followed no tradition of surnames, but used patronymics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ashkenazi Jewish Surnames
Until a few hundred years ago, Ashkenazim (Jews from Northern and Eastern Europe) followed no tradition of surnames, but used patronymics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispanic Culture In The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispanic Culture In The Philippines - People
One of the more obvious marks left by Spanish rule in the Philippines is a prevalence of Hispanic names and surnames among most christian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - China Hungary Japan Korea And Vietnam
In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hungarian cultures, the family name is placed before the given names. So the terms "first n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - China Hungary Japan Korea And Vietnam
In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hungarian cultures, the family name is placed before the given names. So the terms "first n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland of Gaelic origin derive from ancestor's names; nicknames; or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland of Gaelic origin derive from ancestor's names; nicknames; or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velar Nasal: Encyclopedia Ii - Velar Nasal - In Other Languages
The [ŋ] sound is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is unusual in that in many languages it is only permitted in postvocalic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Related Symbols
The ideographic iteration mark (々) is used to indicate that the preceding kanji is to be repeated, functioning similarly to a ditto mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Han Chinese Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Han Chinese Clothing - The Influences Of Hanfu On Non-chinese Nations And States
Xiaowen (孝文帝) (467 - 499) was the king of the Northern Wei dynasty of Xianbei Kingdom from 471 to 499. (In other words, his nation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouyang: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouyang - Geographical Origins
In terms of distribution Ouyangs have mostly been confined to southern China, especially the areas of southern Jiangxi, central Hubei and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - Origins
Throughout human history nations and peoples have continuously colonised and been colonised. It is said that when a foreign colonial or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Name - Historical Names
Korean name - Native names. Prior to the adoption of Chinese-style names, Koreans had indigenous names. They did not have family names,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - History
There is some disagreement about how Chinese characters came to Japan, but it is generally accepted that Buddhist monks brought Chinese t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Name - Given Names
Korean given names are usually composed of two characters or syllables. A few people have one- or three-character given names, like the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Name - Han-chinese Names
Taiwanese name - Family names. Taiwanese family names of the Han Chinese heritage are nearly all Chinese family names, particularly of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Hawaii: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese In Hawaii - Origins
Historical records indicated that the earliest of the Chinese from Guangdong province, who came in three initial waves of immigration: in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Name - Professional Names
Actors and actresses in Western and Japanese dramatic forms, comedians, sumo wrestlers, and practitioners of traditional crafts often use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genealogical Dna Test: Encyclopedia Ii - Genealogical Dna Test - Types Of Tests
Genealogical DNA tests allow one to compare their DNA with that of others. They are also used to identify possible recent and far distant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Belgium
(on 1 January 2002) Peeters 33,273 Janssens 31,529 Maes 25,654 Jacobs 20,229 Mertens 18,927 Willems 18,604 Claes 16,822 Goossens 16,202 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation - Pronunciation In English
The romanized words are normally pronounced in a somewhat anglicized way, with the following characteristics which are different than wha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Types Of Kanji: By Category
The Buddhist scholar Xu Shen, in 說文解字 Shuōwén Jiězì ca. 100 CE, classified Chinese characters into six categories (Japanese: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Types Of Kanji: Categorized By History
Kanji - Kokuji. While some kanji and Chinese hanzi are mutually readable, many more are not. In addition to characters that have differ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nickname: Encyclopedia Ii - Nickname - Nicknames For People
Types of personal nickname: Also known as pet name, shortened name, truncated name, alternate name, name derivative, associated name, hyp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture - Nature And Environment
Over 70% are originally forest in the prefecture, so there is a rich diversity of life. 1,460 species of native animals 250 species of n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - The British Empire
Colonial mentality - The Indian Subcontinent. Some critics point to Rudyard Kipling's portrayals of Indian characters generally support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goguryeo: Encyclopedia Ii - Goguryeo - History
Goguryeo - Founding. According to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history, King Jumong (posthumously called King Dongmyeongseong...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goguryeo: Encyclopedia Ii - Goguryeo - History
Goguryeo - Founding. According to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history, King Jumong (posthumously called King Dongmyeongseong...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Genealogy - Reliability Of Sources
Experience shows that genealogical "facts" can be unreliable. The top five classes of genealogical information — place names, occupatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Language - Classification And Related Languages
Korean classification is often debated. Many Korean and Western linguists recognize a kinship to the Altaic languages. However, this is n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispanic Culture In The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispanic Culture In The Philippines - Language
Main article: Spanish in the Philippines Since the Philippines was administered by New Spain (Mexico) rather than Spain herself during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuengling: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuengling - History
The German brewer David G. Jüngling (whose surname means "young man" in German) immigrated to the United States in 1823 from Aldingen in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Orthographic Reform And Lists Of Kanji
In 1946, following World War II, the Japanese government instituted a series of orthographic reforms. Some characters were given simplifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Nobility: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Nobility - Wang King And Huangdi Emperor
Although formally The Son of Heaven, the power of the emperor varied between different emperors and different dynasties, with some empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Readings
A kanji character may have several possible pronunciations, or "readings", depending on its context, intended meaning, use in compounds, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Readings
A kanji character may have several possible pronunciations, or "readings", depending on its context, intended meaning, use in compounds, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - Etymology
Scholars trace the word back to Old Norse origin (skīta), and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Name - Names From Other Ethnic Groups In Japan
Many ethnic minorities, mostly Korean and Chinese, living in Japan adopt Japanese names to ease communication and, more importantly, to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispanic - History Of The Term Hispanic
Etymologically, the term Hispanic (Hispano) is derived from Hispania, the name given by the Romans to the the entire Iberian Peninsula du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispanic - History Of The Term Hispanic
Etymologically, the term Hispanic (Hispano) is derived from Hispania, the name given by the Romans to the the entire Iberian Peninsula du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tilapia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tilapia - Tilapia In Asia
Apart from the very few species found in the Levant, such as Sarotherodon galilaea, there are no tilapias endemic to Asia. However, speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Aborigines: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Aborigines - Plains Lowland Tribes
The lowland aborigines mainly lived in stationary village sites surrounded by defensive walls of bamboo. The village sites in southern Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Aborigines: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Aborigines - Plains Lowland Tribes
The lowland aborigines (referred in Taiwanese as Pêⁿ-pó·-chok) mainly lived in stationary village sites surrounded by defensive wall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Immigration In Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Immigration In Brazil - Consequences
As it happened with several other countries in the Americas, such as the United States, which encouraged the immigration from many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hsing Yun: Encyclopedia Ii - Hsing Yun - Biography
Hsing Yun - Early life. Master Hsing Yun was born 1927 in Jiangsu province in China in a family under the surname of Li. (李) His birt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinatown: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinatown - Features
The features described below are characteristic of most Chinatowns. In some cases, however, they may only apply to Chinatowns in Western ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramones: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramones - Members
The original band members were: Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 - April 15, 2001) (real name Jeffrey Hyman) (vocals) Johnny Ramone (October 8,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Surnames At Present
Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the Han Dynasty, most have either been lost or sim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Distribution Of Surnames
Surnames are not evenly distributed throughout China's geography. In northern China, Wang (王) is the most popular surname, being shared...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Usage
In writing Chinese names, Chinese family names are placed before the given name, e.g. Cheung Kwok Wing. Hence the Western concept of firs...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article