--- In [email protected], "kaori_bee1983"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So i was wondering what is a good set of kanji for Kaori. and also
> kaoru.I have 3 questions :)>
Why not just use katakana and get it over with? There are many who
write their names this way. For instance, the actress Oda Erika
writes her personal name using katakana. Ono Yoko, the famous widow
of John Lennon, writes her entire name with just katakana.
Before we begin, I hope you are aware that there are 4000 or so kanji
to choose from when the Japanese name themselves and their children;
200 of these are designated as "jinmei kanji" (personal name kanji)
and thus will be found almost exclusively in personal names. The same
goes for those 2000 kanji not found in the Tooyoo Kanji books; since
they are obsolete, chances are that they will appear only in personal
names as well. There are many kanji to choose from.
Sometimes they drop kanji altogether and just use kana. Thus,
personal names in Japanese are not always a straightforward affair.
In fact, chances are you'll have to inform the reader beforehand of
your name kanji's proper reading or there's a good chance he will get
it wrong. For instance the kanji for "luxuriance" and "one" when put
together can be read as either "Shuuichi" or "Hidekazu". "Hidekazu"
sounds better to my ears, but "Shuuichi" seems to be the more common
reading.
You have been warned. Proceed at your own risk.
> at the moment Its just è but because many people think its not
> suitable kanji for your name because you need two kanji, because
its common. and no i do not like the old fashioned kanji of ]..>
I could agree. It would be hard to write. Also, do you seriously
write your name as you wrote it above? It would seem weird to use a
kanji and a hiragana in a name.
> so first question whats the difference between O and >
Not much, except that the first character is read "kaoru" and the
second one is read "kaori" when used as names. On-yomi for the first
is "KUN" and the second, "KOO". As for meaning, the first character
refers to "herbs burnt (as incense) and giving off a strong smell",
while the second one refers to "cut grass (rice stalks) drying out in
the sun and giving off a smell (fragrance)." The word "KUN'EN"
(fragrant smoke) uses the first character; the KUN character is
appropiate since herbs must be burned to produce a fragrant smoke.
The second character is used in "KOOSUI" (perfume); herbs need not be
burned to produce perfume, but rather should be left out in the sun
to dry before they are used to make perfume.
In the end, one can choose between "incense" and "fragrance of
flowers" when it comes to meanings.
> i was wondering about what should i do . because i need to pick 2:)
> which the second character can be used for ri right? it means
> japanese plum.>
If you want to mean "fragrant plum" with those characters, they would
work well. Only that the reading in this case would have to be
an "ateji" reading. Good for names, but in other situations the
reading would be "non-standard". If you were to read them the
standard way, they would read something like "kaori-sumomo" or (using
on-yomi) "koori". In the end, it is possible to read the above
characters as "Kaori" and it would still make sense.
Or, if you do not wish to use the "sumomo" kanji, the "nashi" kanji
is just as good, since it is also read "RI" in on-yomi. This is a
character often found in the name "Riku", which uses this kanji and
the one for "crimson". One of the characters in the anime series "DN
Angel" is named Riku and her name is written exactly as
described. "Fragrant pear" is just as good a name meaning
as "fragrant plum" IMHO.
> as far as the kaoru Úwhich the Ru kanji means pomegranet correct?
I think the "RU" kanji above refers to a precious mineral. I do not
remember the name for it, but in the animated film "Inuyasha: Toki wo
Koeru Omoi", there is a female villain named "Ruri", whose name means
something like "lapis lazuli", given that she is dressed up in blue,
the color of her namesake gemstone. The "RU" kanji in her name is the
one above. Kanji using the "tama-hen" (king/jewel radical) usually
refer to minerals and precious things.
> so are either of these suitable for use for a japanese name kanji?>
Just about any character is good for a jinmei kanji; just remember to
tell people how your name is read. It would be embarrassing if they
got it wrong, would it not?
For "Kaoru", you can either put together the above kanji you chose so
that, in "ateji" of course, they read "Kaoru". Or you can replace
the "RU" kanji above with the "RYUU" kanji that means "flow/current".
Put together the "KUN" and "RYUU" kanji together and they can be
read "Kaoru", with the meaning of "Fragrant flow" or the like.
- Arian I.
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