洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:
@hongminhee@hollo.social

To non-CJK language speakers: What do you think when you see my name written in Chinese characters?

  • Oh, they must be Chinese!35 (31%)
  • Oh, they must be East Asian!34 (30%)
  • Oh, maybe they're Korean?6 (5%)
  • I don't think anything. I just read the romanized spelling in the parentheses.38 (34%)

2 replies

Kaito
@kai@ajin.la · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee I have actually been meaning to ask you about this!

When I started to practice writing Chinese characters 8 years ago 😅, I had read that a Korean who couldn't read them would be considered illiterate.

When I met my friend Su, one of the first things I asked is the Hanja for his name. He said he had no idea and that my thinking was old fashioned. 😂

Ryan Finnie
@ryan@m29.us · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee I'm not a CJK speaker, but every few years I re-learn Hangul, think "this is such a simple and logical writing system, I'm sure to remember this forever!", then promptly forget it since it doesn't have much daily utility.

I would have guessed your name was written in one of the Chinese systems, but it's definitely not Korean. :)