杨乐琴 Yáng Lèqín
- 杨 yáng Family name
- 乐 lè happy
- 琴 qín guqin (Chinese zither)
杨 is a common family name; 乐 and 琴 echo léi qiè, how Chinese begins Rachael (雷切尔).

雷切尔 Léiqiè'ěr
我叫雷切尔。 Wǒ jiào Léiqiè'ěr. My name is Rachael.
Rachael en chino se escribe 雷切尔 (Léiqiè'ěr).
Rachel is written 雷切尔 too.
杨乐琴 Yáng Lèqín
杨 is a common family name; 乐 and 琴 echo léi qiè, how Chinese begins Rachael (雷切尔).
黄蕾琴 Huáng Lěiqín
黄 is a common family name; 蕾 and 琴 echo léi qiè, how Chinese begins Rachael (雷切尔).
孙乐倩 Sūn Lèqiàn
孙 is a common family name; 乐 and 倩 echo léi qiè, how Chinese begins Rachael (雷切尔).
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Rachael is 雷切尔 (Léiqiè'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Rachael”, say 我叫雷切尔 (Wǒ jiào Léiqiè'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 雷切尔 for how it sounds, Léiqiè'ěr, close to Rachael. On its own, 雷 means thunder and 切 close to.
Rachael is written 雷切尔, 3 characters: 雷 (13 strokes), 切 (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.