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My surname is Hess. In Chinese characters, that is 赫斯 (he4-sz1). The Kanji reading of 赫斯 is "Kakushi".
I know that nowadays it is more common to transcribe directly to katakana, in which case I would be ヘス (Hesu), but in the olden days, foreign names were transcribed through Kanji.
Is it legitimate for me to write my surname as 赫斯 in Japanese? Did I mess up the transcription process somewhere?
I know that nowadays it is more common to transcribe directly to katakana, in which case I would be ヘス (Hesu), but in the olden days, foreign names were transcribed through Kanji.
Is it legitimate for me to write my surname as 赫斯 in Japanese? Did I mess up the transcription process somewhere?