Comments on: Your name in Kanji

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:44:51 +0000

That sounds difficult and your name sounds a bit long but if you really wish you can make use of professional services like this. http://www.kotodama-japan.com/kanji-name.html

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:54:21 +0000

Hmmm… I wonder what my name is in kanji…

Do you know Kirin-Chan?

By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:38:10 +0000

Ah~, that's hard because we don't have "dy" sound. Is your name コーディーin Katakana? I sometimes don't even know how to read foreign names. ^ ^;

By: kirin

kirin — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:26:36 +0000

I just know 楚＝そ　in Japanese, but we also read it as すわい(suwai) according to this page. (I didn't know that.)http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn/104710/m0u/%E... I have no idea what 楚 means in Japanese.

Thank you for your comments! ^ ^

By: kirin

kirin — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:22:23 +0000

Thank you for sharing an interesting story. I'm happy to hear that katakana solved your problem!

By: KEI

KEI — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:23:37 +0000

Then i was occasionally involved in activities of bring Japanese students who come over for tour, the students couldn't remember my name well, then i realise 慧 is also KEI in japanese thus i use it as my 'japanese name' so that they can remember me. Because my actual name is 楚慧, does "楚" have any pronouciation & meaning in japanese?
By the way sorry for the long comments, i just got hyped up when i saw this entry. LOL

By: KEI

KEI — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:23:22 +0000

Hi Kirin, this is an interesting entry. I do not really like my name when i was young because my friends and teachers always have hard time pronoucing my english name. =( but as I grow older i started to appreciate my name more and more! My chinese name is 楚慧 (meaning 清楚的智慧 which means 'Having a Clear Knowledge') and my family name is 蘇. when its spelled in English its Soh Chio Hui. When i took up japanese classes in school our teacher wrote our names in Katakana, then i realise its very easy to break down as ソー。チイオフイand i am happy because she can pronouce my name the right way. Its convenient! BUT because japanese call people by their family name i was made fun of, ソー as そう！（＝＿＝）

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:16:46 +0000

When I hear Nikki, it directly means diary in Japanese. You can put any Kanji into Nicole -> Ni Ko Lu -> for example, 似呼留　丹湖瑠 whatever… But mmmm, the second one may look like a name of a place or something. The first one also means "resemble" "call" "remain" which doesn't sound any meaningful for human names. Sorry for that. (@_@;;) But I personally don't dislike either of them though, when I see the balance of Kanji.

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:08:27 +0000

Thank for sharing the interesting link with us. It sounds like each English name or foreign name described alphabetically has its own history. That's very interesting. I'd refer to the link if I name myself an English name in the future.

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:02:31 +0000

Kunyomi usually needs Hiragana for completion. Onyomi usually needs another Kanji to complete the word. But as you say, it maybe easier to explain this in video. It's very interesting to look back why we use Japanese in this way. Thank you for your question.