张安力 Zhāng Ānlì
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 力 lì force
张 is a common family name; 安 and 力 echo āi lǐ, how Chinese begins Erik (埃里克).

埃里克 Āilǐkè
我叫埃里克。 Wǒ jiào Āilǐkè. My name is Erik.
Erik en chino se escribe 埃里克 (Āilǐkè).
张安力 Zhāng Ānlì
张 is a common family name; 安 and 力 echo āi lǐ, how Chinese begins Erik (埃里克).
陈奥黎 Chén Àolí
陈 is a common family name; 奥 and 黎 echo āi lǐ, how Chinese begins Erik (埃里克).
杨安林 Yáng Ānlín
杨 is a common family name; 安 and 林 echo āi lǐ, how Chinese begins Erik (埃里克).
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Erik is 埃里克 (Āilǐkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Erik”, say 我叫埃里克 (Wǒ jiào Āilǐkè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 埃里克 for how it sounds, Āilǐkè, close to Erik. On its own, 埃 means dust, 里 inside and 克 gram.
Erik is written 埃里克, 3 characters: 埃 (10 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 克 (7 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.