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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 欢

huān

Traditional: 歡

The character 欢 (Mandarin huān) appears in 2 names and 1 syllable in this reference and is spelled Foon and Hua in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “happy, joyous” and “happy; glad”.

Names and syllables
3
Malaysian spellings
2
Strokes
6
Attested in records
3

3 names and syllables in this reference have 欢 as one of their character options. For 3 of them, 欢 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 欢: the recorded options

  • happy, joyous

    in 2 character options · attested

  • happy; glad

    in 1 character options · attested

Unihan definition: happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 欢

欢 Foon Cantonese Hua Hokkien · Teochew
欢 yields 2 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanization
FoonCantonese
HuaHokkien · Teochew

Readings of 欢 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī hoaⁿ Hua
CantoneseJyutping fun1 Foon
TeochewPeng’im huan1 Hua
MandarinHanyu Pinyin huān –

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin huān and Cantonese fun1.

2 names that can be written with 欢

1 syllables that can stand for 欢

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 欢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 欢 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+6B22 · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 欢 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 欢, including “happy, joyous” and “happy; glad”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 欢 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 欢 is spelled Foon (Cantonese) and Hua (Hokkien, Teochew). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Foon written 欢?

Not necessarily. The spelling Foon can also stand for 寬. Only the family knows which character was chosen.