創氏改名

そうしかいめい

Meanings

1. Noun policy that forced Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names (1939; abolished in 1945)

Kanji

• 創 create. Read as ソウ.
• 氏 Mr.
• 改 reform. Read as カイ.
• 名 name. Read as メイ.

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