宪二

憲二
Xiàn'èr
proper noun #37,227

Meanings

  1. 1 Kenji (Chinese reading of the Japanese given name 憲二 / 健二)
  2. 2 name occasionally used in Chinese translations of Japanese fiction

Examples

HSK 6
宪二日语 Kenji。
" Xiàn'èr " zài Rìyǔ lǐ dú zuò Kenji.
'Xian'er' is read as 'Kenji' in Japanese.
HSK 7-9
Xiàn'èr shì zhè bù Rìběn xiǎoshuō lǐ de zhǔréngōng.
Kenji is the protagonist of this Japanese novel.

Tips

culture
宪二 is the Mandarin reading of the Japanese given name 憲二, romanized Kenji - a common Showa-era boy's name where ('the second') marks 'second son'. When Japanese names are imported into Chinese text, the kanji are kept and just read with their Mandarin pronunciations: (xiàn) for , (èr) for .
register
Won't appear in everyday Chinese conversation. Mostly seen as a translated character name in Japanese novels, manga subs, and historical writing about Japan. For real-world references to Japanese individuals named Kenji, the original kanji 健二 is sometimes preferred over 憲二 depending on the person.

Stroke Order

xiàn
èr