Illustration: At a municipal service counter, two parents and their child stand together while a clerk checks their household paperwork. The papers face the clerk, with their contents concealed from view.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

名みょう字じ

myouji

family name, surname

苗字 is also a common spelling. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あなたの名字みょうじはどうつづるのですか。

    How do you spell your family name?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 渡辺わたなべが名字みょうじです。

    Watanabe is my family name.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムはメアリーの苗字みょうじを知しらなかった。

    Tom didn’t know what Mary’s last name was.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 名字

  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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