art name

English

Etymology

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Noun

art name (plural art names)

1. Synonym of pen name used in Chinese and sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts, the professional name of a Chinese or East Asian artist, poet, or writer.

   Coordinate terms: courtesy name, era name, posthumous name, temple name

   Sun Yat-sen was an art name of the Chinese leader born Sun Deming.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 號 / 号 (zh) (hào)

• Japanese: 号 (ja) (gō)
• Korean: 호(號) (ko) (ho)
• Vietnamese: hiệu (vi)

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• man-rate, ramenta