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I saw a post stating that the name 'Ryuki' was the characters for 'dragon' (ryu) and the character 'to ride' (ki?) I believe that the second character is 'snow' (Yuki) . Can anyone follow my drift?
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It may possibly be both. There are many potential meanings for Japanese names, depending on the kanji used. "Dragon" (滝 [modern] or 龍 [old style]) is a common meaning for the syllable Ryu. -Ki varies widely. I found a Google reference to Ryuki as 龍騎 which means "dragon" + "knight." Other possibilities for -Ki include 紀 "chronicle, history"; 輝 "radiance, to shine"; 己 "oneself."
The word for "snow" is yuki 雪, but despite the resemblance in sound between Ryuki and Yuki, the -ki of Ryuki is probably not usually written with this character. Not saying it's impossible, because in names Japanese parents are free to use kanji with any pronunciation they please, but it is not usual or intuitive.
The word for "snow" is yuki 雪, but despite the resemblance in sound between Ryuki and Yuki, the -ki of Ryuki is probably not usually written with this character. Not saying it's impossible, because in names Japanese parents are free to use kanji with any pronunciation they please, but it is not usual or intuitive.
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