任墨可 Rén Mòkě
- 任 rén Family name
- 墨 mò ink
- 可 kě can
任 is a common family name; 墨 and 可 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔).

马克斯韦尔 Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr
我叫马克斯韦尔。 Wǒ jiào Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr. My name is Maxwell.
Maxwell en chino se escribe 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr).
任墨可 Rén Mòkě
任 is a common family name; 墨 and 可 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔).
石萌凯 Shí Méngkǎi
石 is a common family name; 萌 and 凯 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔).
孔茂康 Kǒng Màokāng
孔 is a common family name; 茂 and 康 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔).
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Maxwell is 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Maxwell”, say 我叫马克斯韦尔 (Wǒ jiào Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 马克斯韦尔 for how it sounds, Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr, close to Maxwell. On its own, 马 means horse and 克 gram.
Maxwell is written 马克斯韦尔, 5 characters: 马 (3 strokes), 克 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 韦 (4 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.