石珂琳 Shí Kēlín
- 石 shí Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 琳 lín fine jade
石 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Crystal (克里斯特尔).

克里斯特尔 Kèlǐsītè'ěr
我叫克里斯特尔。 Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsītè'ěr. My name is Crystal.
Crystal en chino se escribe 克里斯特尔 (Kèlǐsītè'ěr).
石珂琳 Shí Kēlín
石 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Crystal (克里斯特尔).
孔可林 Kǒng Kělín
孔 is a common family name; 可 and 林 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Crystal (克里斯特尔).
白珂林 Bái Kēlín
白 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Crystal (克里斯特尔).
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Crystal is 克里斯特尔 (Kèlǐsītè'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Crystal”, say 我叫克里斯特尔 (Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsītè'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克里斯特尔 for how it sounds, Kèlǐsītè'ěr, close to Crystal. On its own, 克 means gram, 里 inside and 特 special.
Crystal is written 克里斯特尔, 5 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 特 (10 strokes), 尔 (5 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.