张安黎 Zhāng Ānlí
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 安 ān safe
- 黎 lí multitude
张 is a common family name; 安 and 黎 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡).

艾丽卡 Àilìkǎ
我叫艾丽卡。 Wǒ jiào Àilìkǎ. My name is Erika.
Erika en chino se escribe 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ).
Erica is written 艾丽卡 too.
张安黎 Zhāng Ānlí
张 is a common family name; 安 and 黎 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡).
陈爱林 Chén Àilín
陈 is a common family name; 爱 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡).
杨艾林 Yáng Àilín
杨 is a common family name; 艾 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡).
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Erika is 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Erika”, 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 Erika. On its own, 艾 means mugwort, 丽 beautiful and 卡 card.
Erika 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.