About NameFerry
What is NameFerry?
NameFerry, also known in Chinese as 名渡侠 or 名渡俠, is a free multilingual name-reading and transliteration tool. It helps a name written in Chinese move clearly between Chinese and Japanese characters, readings and romanisation.
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What does NameFerry do?
Enter a name in Simplified or Traditional Chinese to compare Japanese character forms, Japanese kanji on-readings, Katakana, Hiragana and Romaji, with a separate reference for the original Mandarin pronunciation.
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Why the names NameFerry and 名渡侠?
A ferry carries something from one shore to another. NameFerry describes carrying a name across languages and writing systems while keeping its forms easy to recognise and compare.
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How are the results generated?
The conversion combines public kanji-reading data, Pinyin data and program rules. It runs in the user’s browser, so names entered in the converter are not sent to a NameFerry server.
A Chinese character can have more than one reading, so NameFerry presents candidates that can be reviewed and compared. Users can also contact NameFerry to suggest an additional name reading.
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A multilingual name reference
NameFerry is available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese. Its guides cover Chinese names in Katakana, common Chinese surnames in Japanese, Furigana fields and the different ways Japanese names can be read.
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Carry a name into another language
Use the converter now, or begin with the name guides to understand how the different readings work.