Comments on: Your name in Katakana

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:51:19 +0000

Exactly the same as your letter in Chinese. (I think our 栄 is a simple version of 榮. When I type "ei" in Japanese my computer suggests many Kanji options that have "ei" sounds, and when I keep scrolling, I can also find your 榮. But this character is not popular in Japan. I've never used it in my life. I strongly feel that 榮 has been replaced by 栄 in Japanese. We use 栄 a lot, such as …繁栄、栄光, you can guess these huh?)

By: theSWIT

theSWIT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:07:11 +0000

edit: eh the post is alrd out !im checking it out now !

By: theSWIT

theSWIT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:06:17 +0000

BTW, you mean “kaijin” -> “gaijin” as foreigners in Japanese, right?
yup, sorry !

umm excited for the post about how to translate our name to kanji. (for my case: chinese> katakana> kanji ?! it it even possible? >”< )

thank you very much !<:

By: pencapchew

pencapchew — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:34:41 +0000

It is chinese. 榮 means "flourish". And the katakana I wrote up there is what it would sound like in cantonese. What's the meaning of this 栄 in japanese?

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:54:36 +0000

Wow that looks like Chinese? 葉 ha(kun-yomi) or you(on-yomi) 世 yo(kun) or se(on) and we have a similar Kanji 栄, but not exactly the one or yours but it's saka(eru) or ei….so that sounds like "youyoei" or something. ウェング! I wonder if our Kanji has any sound like that. In that way Chinese has more options of sounds?

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:41:30 +0000

Oh you already know that. Cool!

By: pencapchew

pencapchew — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:13:22 +0000

葉世榮 = イプ　サイ　ウェング　。。。hehe don't know correct or not. How to pronounce the kanji in japanese?

By: kirin

kirin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:04:25 +0000

Thank you G…, I don't know such technical things. Your comment was helpful.

By: kirin

kirin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:02:16 +0000

Good question! Our names are mostly in Kanji, unless the parents name us in Katakana or in Hiragana.
We prefer to have Kanji names rather than Katakana or Hiragana ones because each Kanji has a meaning itself.
This means, naming with good meaning of Kanji allows us to have meaning of "beautiful" "smart" "warm-hearted" "healthy" "love" "honest" and whatever…in our names. (There should be no parents who name their kids "devil" "mean" "dishonest" or whatever in bad meaning.) But Katakana or Hiragana names do not have any meanings. They are just letters.

BTW, you mean "kaijin" -> "gaijin" as foreigners in Japanese, right?
Gaijin names are usually described in Katakana because they are foreign.
But I think it's fun to pick up the best Kanji as they learn Japanese.

By: Diyana

Diyana — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:53:13 +0000

ディヤナ　My name in Katakana~~