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The origin of the ji honorific is uncertain. [3] One suggestion is that it is a borrowing from an Austroasiatic language such as Sora. [4] Another is that the term means "soul" or "life" or "sir" (similar to the jān suffix or shri suffix) and is derived from Sanskrit. [5] Harsh K. Luthar gives examples of ji in Master-ji, Guru-ji, and Mata-ji.
The given name Zenji is written with various combinations of two kanji, the first read zen and the second ji (including cases where the kanji is originally read as si or chi but becomes ji due to the rendaku rule of Japanese phonology). The zen used in all the names listed below means "goodness". [1]
[12] [13] [14] Such words which use certain kanji to name a certain Japanese word solely for the purpose of representing the word's meaning regardless of the given kanji's on'yomi or kun'yomi, a.k.a. jukujikun, is not uncommon in Japanese. Other original names in Chinese texts include Yamatai country (邪馬台国), where a Queen Himiko lived.
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.
Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames; Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name)-ji, an honorific used as a suffix in many languages of India; J.I the Prince of N.Y, American rapper J.I. Ji (or Hou Ji), the legendary founder of the Zhou dynasty
The concatenation of the two words on and ji into onji (音字) was used by Meiji era grammarians to mean "phonic character" and was translated into English by Nishi Amane in 1870 as "letter". Since then, the term "onji" has become obsolete in Japan, and only survives in foreign-language discussion of Japanese poetry.
Word/name: Japanese: Meaning: It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. Other names; Related names: Taro Saburo: Jir ...
The three most common temple name endings are: -ji (寺) – most common suffix in temple names meaning simply "temple", as for example in Nanzen-ji. -in (院) – less common and normally used for minor temples or subtemples, as for example Meigetsu-in. – dera (寺) – alternate reading of -ji, and identical in meaning.