任可龙 Rén Kělóng
- 任 rén Family name
- 可 kě can
- 龙 lóng dragon
任 is a common family name; 可 and 龙 echo kè lái, how Chinese begins Clayton (克莱顿).

克莱顿 Kèláidùn
我叫克莱顿。 Wǒ jiào Kèláidùn. My name is Clayton.
Clayton en chino se escribe 克莱顿 (Kèláidùn).
任可龙 Rén Kělóng
任 is a common family name; 可 and 龙 echo kè lái, how Chinese begins Clayton (克莱顿).
石凯乐 Shí Kǎilè
石 is a common family name; 凯 and 乐 echo kè lái, how Chinese begins Clayton (克莱顿).
孔康朗 Kǒng Kānglǎng
孔 is a common family name; 康 and 朗 echo kè lái, how Chinese begins Clayton (克莱顿).
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Clayton is 克莱顿 (Kèláidùn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Clayton”, say 我叫克莱顿 (Wǒ jiào Kèláidùn).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克莱顿 for how it sounds, Kèláidùn, close to Clayton. On its own, 克 means gram and 顿 to pause.
Clayton is written 克莱顿, 3 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 莱 (10 strokes), 顿 (10 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.