石安丽 Shí Ānlì
- 石 shí Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 丽 lì beautiful
石 is a common family name; 安 and 丽 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erica (艾丽卡).

艾丽卡 Àilìkǎ
我叫艾丽卡。 Wǒ jiào Àilìkǎ. My name is Erica.
Erica en chino se escribe 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ).
Erika is written 艾丽卡 too.
石安丽 Shí Ānlì
石 is a common family name; 安 and 丽 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erica (艾丽卡).
孔爱莉 Kǒng Àilì
孔 is a common family name; 爱 and 莉 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erica (艾丽卡).
白艾丽 Bái Àilì
白 is a common family name; 艾 and 丽 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erica (艾丽卡).
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Erica is 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Erica”, say 我叫艾丽卡 (Wǒ jiào Àilìkǎ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 艾丽卡 for how it sounds, Àilìkǎ, close to Erica. On its own, 艾 means mugwort, 丽 beautiful and 卡 card.
Erica is written 艾丽卡, 3 characters: 艾 (5 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 卡 (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.