Character Names in Hanzi/Kanji

China and Japan do not normally use the Roman alphabet — they use ideograms, called "hanzi" in China and "kanji" in Japan. (Wade-Giles and Pinyin are just English representations of Chinese sounds; the Japanese pronounce the names in a different way.) Thanks to Guo Mengni for Fu Xi and Nu Wa's hanzi.

Common Name Style Name
Pinyin Hanzi (text) Hanzi (GIF) Pinyin Hanzi (text) Hanzi (GIF)
Pinyin Hanzi (text) Hanzi (GIF) Pinyin Hanzi (text) Hanzi (GIF)
Common Name Style Name
Shu 蜀
Zhao Yun 趙雲 Name in hanzi. Zilong 子龍 Style name in hanzi.
Guan Yu 関羽 Name in hanzi. Yunchang 雲長 Style name in hanzi.
Zhang Fei 張飛 Name in hanzi. Yide 益德 Style name in hanzi.
Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 Name in hanzi. Kongming 孔明 Style name in hanzi.
Liu Bei 劉備 Name in hanzi. Xuande 玄德 Style name in hanzi.
Ma Chao 馬超 Name in hanzi. Mengqi 孟起 Style name in hanzi.
Huang Zhong 黄忠 Name in hanzi. Hansheng 漢升 Style name in hanzi.
Jiang Wei 姜維 Name in hanzi. Boyue 伯約 Style name in hanzi.
Wei Yan 魏延 Name in hanzi. Wenchang 文長 Style name in hanzi.
Pang Tong 龐統1 Name in hanzi. Shiyuan 士元 Style name in hanzi.
Yue Ying 月英 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Guan Ping 関平 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Xing Cai 星彩 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Wei 魏
Xiahou Dun 夏侯惇 Name in hanzi. Yuanrang 元讓 Style name in hanzi.
Dian Wei 典韋 Name in hanzi. Ziman 子曼 Style name in hanzi.
Xu Zhu 許褚2 Name in hanzi. Zhongkang 仲康 Style name in hanzi.
Cao Cao 曹操 Name in hanzi. Mengde 孟德 Style name in hanzi.
Xiahou Yuan 夏侯淵 Name in hanzi. Miaocai 妙才 Style name in hanzi.
Zhang Liao 張遼 Name in hanzi. Wenyuan 文遠 Style name in hanzi.
Sima Yi 司馬懿 Name in hanzi. Zhongda 仲達 Style name in hanzi.
Xu Huang 徐晃 Name in hanzi. Gongming 公明 Style name in hanzi.
Zhang He 張郃3 Name in hanzi. Junyi 儁乂 Style name in hanzi.
Zhen Ji 甄姫 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Cao Ren 曹仁 Name in hanzi. Zixiao 子孝 Style name in hanzi.
Cao Pi 曹丕 Name in hanzi. Zihuan 子桓 Style name in hanzi.
Pang De 龐德 Name in hanzi. Lingming 令明 Style name in hanzi.
Common Name Style Name
Wu 呉
Zhou Yu 周瑜 Name in hanzi. Gongjin 公瑾 Style name in hanzi.
Lu Xun 陸遜 Name in hanzi. Boyan 伯言 Style name in hanzi.
Taishi Ci 太史慈 Name in hanzi. Ziyi 子義 Style name in hanzi.
Sun Shang Xiang 孫尚香 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Sun Jian 孫堅 Name in hanzi. Wentai 文台 Style name in hanzi.
Sun Quan 孫権 Name in hanzi. Zhongmou 仲謀 Style name in hanzi.
Lu Meng 呂蒙 Name in hanzi. Ziming 子明 Style name in hanzi.
Gan Ning 甘寧 Name in hanzi. Xingba 興霸 Style name in hanzi.
Huang Gai 黄蓋 Name in hanzi. Gongfu 公覆 Style name in hanzi.
Sun Ce 孫策 Name in hanzi. Bofu 伯符 Style name in hanzi.
Da Qiao 大喬 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Xiao Qiao 小喬 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Zhou Tai 周泰 Name in hanzi. Youping 幼平 Style name in hanzi.
Ling Tong 凌統 Name in hanzi. Gongji 公績 Style name in hanzi.
Others
Diao Chan 貂嬋 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Lu Bu 呂布 Name in hanzi. Fengxian 奉先 Style name in hanzi.
Dong Zhuo 董卓 Name in hanzi. Zhongyin 仲穎 Style name in hanzi.
Yuan Shao 袁紹 Name in hanzi. Benchu 本初 Style name in hanzi.
Zhang Jiao 張角 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Meng Huo 孟獲 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Zhu Rong 祝融 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Fu Xi 伏羲 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Nu Wa 女娲 Name in hanzi. n/a n/a n/a
Zuo Ci 佐慈 Name in hanzi. Yuanfang 元放 Style name in hanzi.

1 Pang Tong's surname is often spelled with katakana on Japanese websites, like this: . That particular kanji must be rare in Japanese. Back to table

2 Xu Zhu's given name is often spelled with katakana on Japanese websites, like this: . That particular kanji must be rare in Japanese. Back to table

3 Zhang He's given name is often spelled with katakana on Japanese websites, like this: . That particular kanji must be rare in Japanese. Back to table

Last updated: 15 April 2008.

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