<p>From Taiwan.</p>

<p>I have never seen those characters and never in names either. My computer can't even show those characters properly.</p>

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2018-06-26T10:53:02.157Z
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thyu
<p><strong>TL;DR</strong>
Because some "fortune tellers" would suggest these characters.</p>

<p>Lots of parents go ask fortune tellers for names before giving birth to their children.  Now young people in these generation seldom do that, but some of their parents(the children's parents) still ask them to do that.</p>

<p>And sometimes, for example, fortune tellers would suggest that there should be some "火(fire)" in the baby's name because that child will be too tender. </p>

<p>Not every Taiwanese believes in this, but some really do.</p>

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2018-07-26T11:37:21.667Z
Names need to have 五行, right?
Mou某
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2018-07-26T11:42:06.313Z
There are lots of religion in Taiwan. Not every people believes names need to have 五行. But yes, 五行 played an important role in names, cultures, and even Chinese medicals.
NoobTW
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2018-07-26T11:35:40.207Z
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NoobTW
<p>It seems like every time I look up a CJK ext. B character it invariably says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>台湾人名用字。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>For example I just looked up the character:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p></p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=22D53" rel="noreferrer">zisea</a> notes:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>拼音peng2。台湾人名用字。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A few days ago I was looking up , which <a href="http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=20DE8" rel="noreferrer">zisea</a> again notes:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>台湾人名用字</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And before that, I was looking up , which again <a href="http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=22D5E" rel="noreferrer">zisea</a> says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>台湾人名用字。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>These just don't seem like characters that people would use for naming names.</p>

<p>I'm just glad the other characters I came across: ,  and  - weren't considered characters for names.</p>

<p>Why do the Taiwanese have such strange characters for names?</p>

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2018-06-04T09:09:03.340Z
It is a dialect character, which doesn't exist in other area, I don't know who made it.
sfy
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2018-06-04T22:11:46.930Z
https://www.charbase.com/22d53-unicode-cjk-unified-ideograph
This seems to suggest it's Cantonese, a variant of what is usually written 抨
Michaelyus
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2018-06-05T03:50:56.183Z
@Michaelyus but who in their right mind would use 抨 in a name?
Mou某
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2018-06-05T10:57:54.227Z
@user3306356 I actually think that zisea is wrong. 抨 and  are [both] the Cantonese for "to drive out", equivalent to Mandarin 赶走 I suppose.
Michaelyus
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Why do the Taiwanese have such strange characters for names?
# Why do the Taiwanese have such strange characters for names?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-04)

It seems like every time I look up a CJK ext. B character it invariably says:

> 台湾人名用字。

For example I just looked up the character:

[zisea](http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=22D53) notes:

> 拼音peng2。台湾人名用字。

A few days ago I was looking up , which [zisea](http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=20DE8) again notes:

> 台湾人名用字

And before that, I was looking up , which again [zisea](http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=22D5E) says:

> 台湾人名用字。

These just don't seem like characters that people would use for naming names.

I'm just glad the other characters I came across: , and - weren't considered characters for names.

Why do the Taiwanese have such strange characters for names?

**Tags:** characters, names
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It is a dialect character, which doesn't exist in other area, I don't know who made it.  
> **username_2**: https://www.charbase.com/22d53-unicode-cjk-unified-ideograph This seems to suggest it's Cantonese, a variant of what is usually written 抨  
> **username_0**: @Michaelyus but who in their right mind would use 抨 in a name?  
> **username_2**: @user3306356 I actually think that zisea is wrong. 抨 and  are [both] the Cantonese for "to drive out", equivalent to Mandarin 赶走 I suppose.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-07-26. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

**TL;DR**
Because some "fortune tellers" would suggest these characters.

Lots of parents go ask fortune tellers for names before giving birth to their children. Now young people in these generation seldom do that, but some of their parents(the children's parents) still ask them to do that.

And sometimes, for example, fortune tellers would suggest that there should be some "火(fire)" in the baby's name because that child will be too tender.

Not every Taiwanese believes in this, but some really do.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Names need to have 五行, right?  
> **username_4**: There are lots of religion in Taiwan. Not every people believes names need to have 五行. But yes, 五行 played an important role in names, cultures, and even Chinese medicals.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-26. Score: 2

From Taiwan.

I have never seen those characters and never in names either. My computer can't even show those characters properly.

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