Donghao Zhu



My first name, Dong hao, is quite easy to pronouce since I have tested it on many of my friends. They seem to make it very successfully. The Chinese characters are 东浩 (simplified) or 東浩 (traditional, and Katakana ドウコウ), which stands for being generous and grateful. In Japan, many Chinese characters, also known as Kanji, have both a Chinese-derived pronunciation (i.e., Onyomi) and an original Japanese pronunciation (i.e., Kunyomi). For Japanese Kunyomi, my first name is pronounced as はるひろ (Haruhiro).

My last name, Zhu (朱, and Katakana シュ), is pronounced much the same way as Chu or True. This is the surname of an ancient Chinese emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang) whose empire lasts around 300 years (1368 - 1644). Now there are millions of people with the surname "Zhu" in China, so I should have nothing directly to do with him. For Japanese Kunyomi, my last name is pronounced as あけ (Ake).