希哲

Xīzhé
proper noun #31,295

Meanings

  1. 1 Xizhe (Chinese given name; courtesy name 字 of Ming-dynasty calligrapher Zhu Yunming 祝允明, 1461-1527)

Examples

HSK 3
Xīzhé shì yí gè hěn yǒu wénhuà de míngzi.
Xizhe is a very cultured-sounding name.
HSK 6
枝山希哲
Zhù Zhīshān zì Xīzhé.
Zhu Zhishan's courtesy name was Xizhe.

Tips

history
希哲 is best known as the (courtesy name) of 祝允明 (Zhu Yunming, 1461-1527), one of the "Four Talents of Wuzhong" (吴中四才子) of the Ming dynasty alongside Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming. He was famous for his cursive (草书) calligraphy and earned the nickname 祝枝山. The name 希哲 means "aspiring to wisdom" - (to hope for) + (the wise/sage).
memory
希哲 is composed entirely of ambition: = to hope/aspire, = sage/philosopher. A literal "would-be sage" - exactly the kind of name a Confucian-educated parent gave a son.

Stroke Order

zhé