일본인 한자 성씨의 중층적 분석

Abstract

In this study, first, 1000 major Chinese characters in Japanese last names were analyzed. The Chinese characters used in the last names were considered easy to learn because most of them were JLPT level 5. Secondly, Chinese character last names consist of 1 or 2 or 3 characters. Among them, 95% are two character last names. Thirdly, Chinese characters in Japanese last names are read in various ways such as pronunciation+pronunciation, meaning+meaning, pronunciation+meaning, meaning+pronunciation, etc. Among them, meaning+meaning was found to be used the most at 87%. Lastly, 36.7% of the Chinese characters in Japanese last names were derived from topography, followed by uncategorized, agriculture, bearing and direction, architecture, animals and plants, and administrative districts. In conclusion, after I examined Chinese characters in Japanese last names in depth qualitatively and content wise, I believe I contributed to the understanding of Chinese characters used in Japanese last names.