My name in Japanese

can anyone help me convert my name...?
my name is miiko
thanks.

miiko* wrote:can anyone help me convert my name...?
my name is miiko
thanks.

Miiko -> ƒ~[ƒR

Can anyone help me with my name. Don't know what my last name means but first name means "snow hibiscus". I know that snow is yuki in Japanese but what about hibiscus. It is the name of a type of flower that has big showy pedals. Arigatou gozaiimasu!

Online dictionary I use and my electronic dictionary only shows hibiscus as having katakana reading so your outta luck if it doesnt have a kanji. Unless someone has a bigger more comprehensive Japanese dictionary that may have an uncommonly used character for it. :(

Hmm, I think we need kokuou for confirmation. I googled "hibiscus Japanese kanji" and the first link had this:

•‡: fu (on-yomi), hasu (kun-yomi)

In a different link there is:
"...fusou (•}ŒK), which means hibiscus..."

dochira wrote:Hmm, I think we need kokuou for confirmation. I googled "hibiscus Japanese kanji" and the first link had this:

•‡: fu (on-yomi), hasu (kun-yomi)

In a different link there is:
"...fusou (•}ŒK), which means hibiscus..."

my dictionary is says •}ŒK is a way to mention Japan. Literally the land east of China.

also •‡—u means cotton rose or lotus but •‡ alone has no reference to plants in my electric dictionary. Just an old meaning thats not used anymore meaning was complicated and too difficult for me to translate from Japanese : /

dochira wrote:Hmm, I think we need kokuou for confirmation. I googled "hibiscus Japanese kanji" and the first link had this:

•‡: fu (on-yomi), hasu (kun-yomi)

In a different link there is:
"...fusou (•}ŒK), which means hibiscus..."

Well, I've checked my dictionaries, etc., and I get what everyone else has:
ƒnƒCƒrƒXƒJƒX (haibisukasu)

Although, I did look it up in my LŽ«‰‘ and it says that it's part of the hollyhock family of flowers. Hollyhock in Japanese is ˆ¨ (aoi), and this character (and reading), I can say with confidence, is used for girls' names. I really think it's a pretty name.

“¤’mŽ¯(mamechishiki): ˆ¨ is the third character in 'sunflower': Œü“úˆ¨ (himawari)

As for •‡ being read ‚Í‚·(hasu), I had to look it up in my LŽ«‰‘ because all I got elsewhere was ˜@, which is the character usually written. It means 'lotus'. Not too sure if it's of the same family, though.

HTH,

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Rats. Maybe it is only written in katakana. :headscratch:

Edit: After reading both darkflame's and kokuou's responses, I guess that is the case. Which makes me wonder if hibiscus is even found natively in Japan?

I wish my Surnames meaning translated to a real Japnese surename and now Girls given names. :( Wanted to get a hanko that said somethin other than ƒWƒFƒt on it that wasnt jsut a pretty picture ;p

Not wanting to go off thread topic, but can foreigners also use hankos in official documents?

dochira wrote:Not wanting to go off thread topic, but can foreigners also use hankos in official documents?

Yes. I actually HAD to get a hanko to open a bank account in Japan when I was there last. I still have it, too. :beaten:

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dochira wrote:

Miiko -> ƒ~[ƒR

Thanks so much! Btw does "miiko" has any meanin to it? :say_thanx:

dochira wrote:Edit: After reading both darkflame's and kokuou's responses, I guess that is the case. Which makes me wonder if hibiscus is even found natively in Japan?

man i shoulda checked out this thread before about hibiscus. in okinawa, it also is only written in katakana. they MAY have call it soething else in kanji in japan, but i know that in the south, its in katakana. the it is the official okinawa flower, the hibiscus, because it is so predominate there. as a matter of fact, the okinawa kimono (is actually called the bingata) with the full regalia, the headdress is suppose to be a hibiscus.
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Hey I went to check out my name and got Anzu ƒAƒ“ƒd
Any idea what it means? :dancing: and is it a male or female name?

Gomane! I found it eventually. I am an apricot! o,O
haha ^^

kokuou wrote:

Yes. I actually HAD to get a hanko to open a bank account in Japan when I was there last. I still have it, too. :beaten:

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Yeah a hanko is required for some offical documents. Especially bank accounts. My bank allows you to use a hanko with any character on it as long as you continue uding the same one you started with. Some smaller banks dont even allow that though. I was really hoping to get the meaning of my name but I guess im outta luck. :(

ƒNƒŠƒXƒeƒB[ƒl@(Christine)

tinkinchen wrote:ƒNƒŠƒXƒeƒCƒl@(Christine)

Hmm, the only problem is the "ne" sound on the end... unless it is ment to there. I would write it like this:

ƒNƒŠƒXƒeƒB[ƒ“

KameSan wrote:

Hmm, the only problem is the "ne" sound on the end... unless it is ment to there. I would write it like this:

ƒNƒŠƒXƒeƒB[ƒ“

yeah, i know... but since i'm german the "ne" is right. because in germany you only write "christin", when you spell it like you did. o^___^o

tinkinchen wrote:yeah, i know... but since i'm german the "ne" is right. because in germany you only write "christin", when you spell it like you did. o^___^o

Hehe, i thaught that might have been the case ^^