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4 Replies ・ Started by FireOpal at 2017-09-18 03:57:49 UTC ・ Last reply by Pi_Doll at 2017-09-29 20:14:35 UTC

what would my name be prounced in Japanese

Hello I asked a similar question to this about what it would look like in japanese but I was wondering how it would be pronounced by japanese people. My chinese name is 愉志民 which is pronouncd as yu zhi min in chinese but I have read other posts saying that when they used japanese pronounciation it was very different. Such as Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮. His courtesy name was Kong Ming 孔明. In Japanese, his kanji name is still 諸葛亮, but the pronunciation is Shokatsu Ryou. I would really appreciate some help since I am still a beginner.

Thanks!

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Pi_Doll at 2017-09-18 11:58:23 UTC

It's Yu Shimin in Japanese.

Sometimes the difference between the Japanese and Chinese reading are very big and sometimes it's almost the same.

If you look up the On-Readings for the Kanji 諸 葛 亮, they are sho, katsu and ryou.

http://jisho.org/search/%E8%AB%B8%E8%91%9B%E4%BA%AE%20%23kanji

For your name the On-Readings are very close to the chinese and 愉 志 民 are read a yu, shi and min

http://jisho.org/search/%20%E6%84%89%E5%BF%97%E6%B0%91%23kanji

Some names are nearly identical, while others can be completely different.

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Doomr at 2017-09-29 09:18:51 UTC

Going off of this, is it possible to find my Chinese name in Japanese as well? 袁宇健 (yuan yu jian) thanks I’m advance.

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Doomr at 2017-09-29 09:28:32 UTC

I saw your other post about how Japanese uses on-yomi to convert Chinese names to Japanese, and I was wondering what happens if the reading from on-yomi doesn’t sound very “Japanese-like”.

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Pi_Doll at 2017-09-29 20:14:35 UTC

Most Chinese names convereted to Japanese dont sound very "Japanese-like" and you can usually tell they aren't real Japanese names.

here are some Chinese names with the Japanese version in brackets:

Zhèng Chénggōng (Tei Seikô)
Lín Zéxú, (Rin Sokujo)
Lǐ Hóngzhāng (Ri Kôshô)
Sūn Yìxiān (Son Bun)
Chiang Kai-shek (Shô Kaiseki)
Máo Zédōng (Mô Takutô)
Zhāng Zuòlín (Chô Sakurin)
Zhāng Xuéliáng (Chô Gakuryô)
Wāng Zhàomíng (Ô Chômei)

Your name 袁宇健 is En Uken in Japanese.

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