Courtesy name

In East Asia, a courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; literally: "character") is a name given to a person when they become an adult. It is also known as a style name.^[1] Today, not many Chinese people have courtesy names.

Courtesy name (Zi)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	(表) 字
Hanyu Pinyin	(biǎo) zì
Wade–Giles	(piao)-tzu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	tự
Chữ Hán	字
Korean name
Hangul	자
Hanja	字
Revised Romanization	ja
McCune–Reischauer	cha