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Please be aware of orthographic differences when you're trying to search for names (or really, any other vocabulary item). Your given name is rendered as 「偉思禮」; 「伟思礼」 is Simplified Chinese, which you should avoid using because it will cause a lot of issues when trying to match characters to anything written outside of the current PRC's directly administered areas (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam), or even within the PRC pre-1956.dROOOze– dROOOze2026-02-28 21:17:42 +00:00Commented 8 hours ago
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Recently in thread here, someone in Taiwan noticed r or R in billboard advertisements, which were otherwise entirely in Chinese characters. 水巷孑蠻, a veteran Sinologist here informed us: this is a thing in Taiwan, the R indicates Mr! Perhaps your Dad's R just means 先生！Pedroski– Pedroski2026-02-28 23:18:41 +00:00Commented 6 hours ago
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There's also a temporal aspect to the question. A standard, set, transliteration from years ago may not be the same one that is accepted currently.Mou某– Mou某 ♦2026-02-28 23:18:45 +00:00Commented 6 hours ago
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@Pedroski. I don't think so. Actually, they used both of his first two initials: R.J.. You can see what the seal looked like at chinese.stackexchange.com/q/58918/15442伟思礼– 伟思礼2026-03-01 01:32:41 +00:00Commented 4 hours ago
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