Can I use my Chinese name and if so, how do I say it?


My Chinese name in Kanji is 王元劭 (Wang Yuan Shao). I've heard there are many
different readings I can use for each kanji, am I allowed to use whichever
reading I like? Also, apparently the character 劭 is a hyogai Kanji, which
means I can't use it.




We are supposed to call your name おう・げんしょう unless you challenge it. If you
want to be called differently, go ahead and offer it. In that case, you'd use
katakana like ワン・ユァンシャオ.

p.s. I'm Japanese but I haven't heard that one cannot use hyogai kanji.




We are supposed to call your name おう・げんしょう unless you challenge it. If you
want to be called differently, go ahead and offer it. In that case, you'd use
katakana like ワン・ユァンシャオ.

p.s. I'm Japanese but I haven't heard that one cannot use hyogai kanji.

