Standard rendering of the Germanic surname 'Fischer' (German for 'fisherman') and its English variant 'Fisher'. Best known in Chinese for 鲍比·费希尔 (Bobby Fischer), the 1972 world chess champion who beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik.
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费 (fèi) anchors the 'Fi-' onset, 希 (xī) the '-sh-', 尔 (ěr) the trailing '-er' — 尔 is the workhorse character for English names ending in '-er' (Tyler 泰勒尔, Tyler/etc.).
