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by Aeolun 1393 days ago
> We don't assume the names of people based on their Kanji

Note that even (or maybe especially) Japanese people don’t do this either.

The first thing anyone introducing themselves does is say how to write/say their name.

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One thing that fascinated me when I first lived in Japan was how people would finger-draw the Kanji for their names on their palms.