taboo name
East Asian cultural sphere custom from antiquity to the present of avoiding calling nobles and the dead by their real names
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taboo name
Summary
taboo name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- taboo name's subclass of is recorded as given name[2].
- taboo name's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00564036[3].
- taboo name's name in kana is recorded as いみな[4].
- taboo name's different from is recorded as true name[5].
- taboo name's different from is recorded as legal name[6].
- taboo name's culture is recorded as Sinosphere[7].
- taboo name's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1210gqqv[8].
Why It Matters
taboo name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]