蒋珂琳 Jiǎng Kēlín
- 蒋 jiǎng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 琳 lín fine jade
蒋 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristen (克里斯汀).

克里斯汀 Kèlǐsītīng
我叫克里斯汀。 Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsītīng. My name is Kristen.
Kristen en chino se escribe 克里斯汀 (Kèlǐsītīng).
蒋珂琳 Jiǎng Kēlín
蒋 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristen (克里斯汀).
任可丽 Rén Kělì
任 is a common family name; 可 and 丽 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristen (克里斯汀).
石珂林 Shí Kēlín
石 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristen (克里斯汀).
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Kristen is 克里斯汀 (Kèlǐsītīng) in Chinese. To say “My name is Kristen”, say 我叫克里斯汀 (Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsītīng).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克里斯汀 for how it sounds, Kèlǐsītīng, close to Kristen. On its own, 克 means gram and 里 inside.
Kristen is written 克里斯汀, 4 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 汀 (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.