Zhe (first name)

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Zhe ( Chinese Zhé , in a rising tone), also Tetsu ( Japanese hiragana て つ), is an East Asian male given name.

Meaning and variants

The name is generally in the meaning group 'wise' and can be written with several characters.

Chinese basic characters :

  • 喆 zhé meaning 'wise'
  • 哲 zhé meaning 'wise'
  • 嚞 zhé meaning 'philosophy, clear'

In Japanese , the reading varies depending on the On reading or Kun translation, but the meaning remains the same.

The two spellings 喆 and 嚞 stand for 吉 jí 'happy, good, prosperity'. 嚞 is an old sign of giving double and triple names, but it is a current Chinese fashion. Since neither of these were previously implemented in the basic electronic character set of Standard Chinese, there were technical problems with the Chinese singer David Tao, maiden name 陶 喆 Táo Zhé, and his name had to be rewritten with “吉吉”. Wāng Zhé, 王 嚞, a Chinese philosopher of the 12th century, can also be found spelled out 王 喆.

In Chinese, as in the two-syllable Korean names, there are also compound names with these characters.

Well-known namesake

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. The surname is in front here, Zhe is the first name.

喆

  • Chen Zhe , 陳 喆 Chén Zhé (* 1993), Chinese snooker player

Composition about:

  • Kim Il-ch'ŏl , 김일철, in Chinese characters 金 鎰 喆 (* 1933), North Korean military and politician

哲

  • Feng Zhe , 冯 哲 (trad. 馮 哲) Féng Zhé, b. as 冯 贻 哲 Féng Yízhé (1920 / 21–1969), Chinese actor

Japanese in the on-reading て つ for the name Tetsu :

Exactly written, but based on the Kun translation さ と いsatoi for the first names Satoru and Satoshi (which can also be spelled differently):

嚞

  • Wang Zhe , 王 嚞 Wāng Zhé, priest's name (1123–1170), Chinese clergyman (can also be found written 喆)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ → en: wiktionary: 喆
  2. ↑ → en: wiktionary: 哲
  3. ↑ → en: wiktionary: 嚞
  4. ↑ Sharon LaFraniere: Name Not on Our List? Change It, China Says . In: The New York Times , April 21, 2009.  - on the problem of the antiquated sign ? (pixel display, if not displayable:) Chinese character Cheng.svgwith three 馬 'horse' in a personal name; see also Naming laws in the People's Republic of China: Ma Cheng , English Wikipedia
  5. ↑ see Tetsu , Wiktionary (English)
  6. ↑ the possible reading あ き ら かakiraka is not common with first names