Phonetic transliteration of Hebrew יִצְחָק (Yitzhak/Itzhak, the biblical Isaac):
伊 'yī' +
兹 'zī' +
霍 'huò' +
克 'kè.' The two best-known bearers in Chinese-language media are former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (
拉宾, assassinated 1995) and Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman (
帕尔曼).