Matrix Character - Gyoretsu Azana

Japanese: 行列字 - ぎょうれつあざな
Matrix Character - Gyoretsu Azana

…After the Unified Silla period, surnames gradually became more common in the Goryeo period. As clan genealogies were compiled for each kinship line and the format for recording genealogies was established, the “matrix characters” became widespread. This was a system in which members of the same generation shared one character in the order of the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water to clarify the generational hierarchy within the clan, and the individual’s proper name was indicated by only the remaining character. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "matrix characters" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…統一新羅を経て高麗時代に至って姓はしだいに一般化しはじめた。本貫ごとに氏族の族譜が編纂されるようになって,族譜の記載様式が整えられると,〈行列字〉が普及した。これは,同一世代の者が木火土金水の五行の順に従って1字を共有することによって一族内の世代の序列を明らかにする制度で,個人の固有名は残りの1字のみによって示される。…

※「行列字」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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