Standard female-Frances transliteration:
弗 (fú) for 'Fr-',
朗 (lǎng) for '-an-',
西 (xī) for '-ces-',
丝 (sī) for the soft '-s' ending — note the feminine
丝 ('silk') instead of the masculine
斯 used for 'Francis' (
弗朗西斯). The character
丝 is a common signal that a transliterated name is female.
