ledojaeger
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- 19 Jul 2015
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I'm translating through a Japanese picture book for fun, and right away I ran into a problem I've never given much thought. The main character's name is 馮相如, and Google translate tells me it's the Chinese name Feng Hui (this is no surprise, I'm pretty sure the story, 狐の義俠, is Chinese). What I'm wondering now is, would a Japanese person reading this name transliterate the Chinese (I'm gonna guess no), or is there a unique Japanese pronunciation to the characters?
In learning Japanese in school or through textbooks, there's a variety of names and surnames that arise, but up to this point, I've never had trouble finding name pronunciations from scratch. The Kanshūdō,com name database gives me all sorts of pronunciations for 馮 (くあい、しょう、etc.) but no luck for 相如. There must be an answer out there for me - and hopefully, a good way to be able to study kanji names in Japanese.
If anyone can help me out I would be very grateful!
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
In learning Japanese in school or through textbooks, there's a variety of names and surnames that arise, but up to this point, I've never had trouble finding name pronunciations from scratch. The Kanshūdō,com name database gives me all sorts of pronunciations for 馮 (くあい、しょう、etc.) but no luck for 相如. There must be an answer out there for me - and hopefully, a good way to be able to study kanji names in Japanese.
If anyone can help me out I would be very grateful!
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。