How do Japanese read kanji in restaurant names and other kanji words not found in a Japanese dictionary?
If a name or a word is not found in a J dictionary, you have an exceptionally rare item, and you can bet the farm that the restaurant or user gets regular questions about how to read it. And it's also a safe bet that s/he gets repeated, insistent advice about changing it.Kanji that rare practically never have more than a single on'yomi and often no kun'yomi (Chinese and Japanese reading, respectively). The purpose for having a kun'yomi is to give a decipherable meaning, this in a language with relatively few phonemes and many, many homonyms. For example, kiji can mean "(raw) material," "newspaper article," "pheasant," "foundling," "wood grain, unpainted wood," and "stink worm." All six meanings are clear in kanji, but must be guessed in context if written in kana. (And it says something about you if you understood all 6 meanings in English without a dictionary.)It's never rude to ask how to read a kanji so rare that it doesn't appear in a dictionary. But as any avid kanji learner knows, after a certain level of complexity, most kanji tend to sort themselves out into "strong" and "weak" groups. Any kanji not found in a dictionary is likely to have more than the average number of strokes (I'd guess 12 or so to be average) and usually the right half will have a single reading (making it "strong") or two, at most three readings (making it "weak").Example of a strong kanji group (all found in dictionaries): 義、儀、議、蟻、䧧、艤、犠、㬢、檥、礒 All are read gi, and several don't have kun'yomi.Example of a weak kanji group: 弟、第、悌、稊、娣、罤、睇、涕、剃、鵜、梯、悌. Some are read tei, some are read dai, some are read both.So you can see how the complexity of a kanji can, in many cases, make it easier to read.
What Japanese name means moon?
Yes. The kanji 月 means “moon.” Any girl’s name which includes this character, and there are many, incorporates the meaning “moon.”It is usually pronounced “tsuki,” but can also be “zuki,” or, in names, just “tsu” or just “ki” or something else entirely.My dictionary lists over 1100 girl’s names with this character, including:月子 Tsukiko “moon, child”月美 Tsukimi "moon, beautiful"菜月 Natsuki “plants, moon”花月 Hatsuki “flower, moon”愛月 Atsuki or Azuki, “love, moon”
What would be a Japanese name that means "Enjoys Cleanliness?"?
Before I begin, I have some insight. The meanings of Japanese names are (mostly) not literal; For example the name 直人 (Naoto), is made of the kanji 'honest/heal' + 'person' but the word Naoto does NOT mean 'honest person'. The kanji just gives a vague meaning, kinda like how my name is Stephanie, which means 'crown' but that meaning isn't literal in our spoken language. Well, now that I've confused the sh!t out of you, let's see a few suggestions! :D 潔惟 (Clean + think/consider) it can be pronounced as Kiyonari (Kee-yoh-nah-ree) or Kiyonobu (Kee-yoh-no-boo) 潔為 (Clean + sake/benefit) also pronounced as Kiyonari (Kee-yoh-nah-ree), this can be seen as meaning 'for the sake of cleanliness' 潔音 (Clean + sound) pronounced as Kiyone (Kee-yoh-neh), this can be seen as meaning 'The sound of cleanliness' (Girl's first name) 浄永 (Clean + eternal) pronounced Jouei (Joh-oo-eh-ee), Eternally clean! haha (Last name) 淨子 (Clean + child) pronounced either Kiyoko (kee-yoh-koh) or Jouko (joh-oo-ko) (Girl's first name) By the way, I found the name you're thinking of, it's 浄弁 (Jouben) It's clean + speech/valve/discrimination (the list goes on...) The kanji 弁 has a lot of different meanings! :O but 'enjoys' isn't one of them :/ EDIT!! Best one so far! I've been search the various kanji that mean 'clean' in a Japanese name dictionary and I found this; 清愛 (Clean + love/affection/favorite) as a girl's first name, it can be pronounced Kira (Kee-rah) or Kiyoe (Kee-yoh-eh) and as a uni-sexual / last name, Kiyonaru (Kee-yoh-nah-roo). "Loves cleanliness", pretty close to "Enjoys cleanliness", right? Also interesting; 潔癖 (keppeki) means 'fastidiousness; love of cleanliness" and "潔癖性 (keppekisou)" means "obsession with cleanliness" however, these are real terms, not names, still worth mentioning though, if you wanted to go really out there with the name! :P @Cassie 清潔感 isn't a real Japanese name though...
What does this japanese name mean ?
In general, ‘setsuna’ means a split second, and written in kanji like this: 刹那. It does not mean calm snow, and I wanted to know why you thought so, and checked some sites. I did find an English site where it says Japanese name ‘Setsuna’ means calm snow. It’s completely wrong. If Setsuna is a name (for a girl), it would be written in kanji like this: 雪菜 snow greens. However, this is more or less an unusual name. Sounds like a name for an anime character.
Anyone know the kanji for the japanese name "Teru"?
I don't know a kanji that means "purity" and sounds "teru". The kanjis that are used for a name and sound "teru" are "輝", "照", "晃". The meaning of them is bright or shining. "輝" is most used for a girl's name.
Kanji for the Japanese female name, RIN?
Erik Van Thienen's correct. 凛 or its variant 凜, both read Rin, is quite a commonly seen feminine given name. The letterforms are so very subtly different. You may want to copy and paste it into Word or other word processor and display it in a larger font so that you can clearly see the difference. Both variants are among the Jinmei-you Kanji (人名用漢字 = kanji for personal names), and in fact there's this little girl I know named 凛 Rin. For confirmation, both of them can be found under: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinmeiy%C5%... The original meaning of 凛/凜 is "cold", as can also be seen from the fact it takes the radical 冫 (Ice). An example of a word with this letter is: 凛冽/凜冽 ("freezing cold" -- Chinese: lin3lie4 / Japanese: rinretsu). However, in Japanese this original meaning is almost forgotten and the secondary meaning "dignified, brave" pravailed, as in 凛々しい ririshii (gallant, brave). This letter can have this sort of meaning in Chinese too, in such phrases as 威風凛々 wei1feng1 lin3lin3 (dignified, majestic). Another kanji that can be read Rin for a girl's name is: 鈴 (bell), though this is obviously not what you're looking for: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%88%B4 For your information, 冷 doesn't read Rin in Japanese: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%B7 Hope this helps.
Japanese Name meaning dancing fire (girl)?
Oh my gosh! I have been looking everywhere for this specific name in Japanese. I'm making a Fan-Fic and it deals with Fire and Dancing. Mai means dance. Kaia means fire. (so I learned) So I mixed them and came out with Maikaia or Kaiamai. Or something! It looks too complicated so I kept searching. But I cant find any! Can anyone please help me?! It need to mean dancing fire, but if that is too specific, at least something like that. Also, if you want to know, it is a Axel Love story from Kingdom Hearts 2. If better, I need a name that means dancing flames. FOR A GIRL! BTW: if you want to read my fan-fic, email me!
Do the Kanji in Japanese names use the kunyomi pronunciations only?
No, they don’t.There are more surnames that use kun’yomi than on’yomi, but there are plenty of exceptions, notably the very common Satou 佐藤, Itou 伊藤, Saitou 斉藤.It’s a mixed bag with first names too. They can be entirely kun’yomi (e.g. Naomi 直美), entirely on’yomi (Kenta 健太), or a blend of both (Seiko 聖子, in which “sei” is on and “ko” is kun).In general, boys are more likely to be given first names with purely on’yomi readings.
Is Ria and Riona Japanese names?
Yes, Ria and Riona can be Japanese names. They should be rather modern names but if I saw girls with thiese names, it's not odd at all. There is even a Japanese actress Riona Hazuki who is in her 40s(unique name for her generation though). But "ona" from Riona does not mean "onna". Onna means woman indeed, but it's not the sound but the kanji that have meanings in human names, and it's very rare to have "man" or "woman" kanji in the names (because it's obvious). Ria / Riona can have many options as kanji (= meaning) but I guess common kanjis are as below. Ri = 里(mother land) / 梨(pear) / 理(rationality) / 莉(jasmin) / 璃(lapis lazuri) / 利(benefit) O = 緒(bond) / 桜(cherry blossom) / 央(center) Na = 奈(does not mean anything in the name really. Just for suffix) / 菜(leaf) A = 亜(Asia) / 愛(love) Or it can be hiragana or katakana and does not have kanji officially, and in that case the name does not have a meaning.
What are some tips to read Japanese Kanji?
Dr Heisig's method works very well for many learners, but I recommend you customize it for your own purposes. If he says something looks like a ladle but you think it looks like a boob, then go with the boob. When it comes to making up little mnemonic stories, the stranger and funnier the better. We remember strange or laughable things much more easily than normal or (shudder) boring stuff.Perfect example: 乳 means "milk, breast" and a suggested mnemonic is to have a child (子) using his paw (爪) to drop (right side) a glass of milk. But that right side actually comes from "maiden" (乙), so it's quite literally a child pawing a boob. Which could you remember more easily?Another important idea in Heisig: there are some fairly complicated kanji that are "strong" while others are "weak". This deals with their Chinese readings. The "strong" kanji tend to be read the same way, no matter which radical they get paired with. For example, 義 is a strong kanji, read the same (gi) as 儀, 議, 犠, 檥 and so on. Remember the strong kanji, and sail right through the others.When you come across "weak" kanji, even then there are usually a limited number of variations. 生, 青, and 正 are considered "weak", but are most often read either sei or shō even when paired with various radicals. Strong are easier to remember, but the weak kanji aren't completely arbitrary.Finally, some radicals are a giveaway to the categories of their meaning. You can bet on misogynistic meanings associated with 女, flora associated (at least originally) with 竹, and moisture with 水. Radicals can be very helpful mnemonic shortcuts!