2007-02-01

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2007-02-01 01:36 pm
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You write 薫, I write 馨....

(I started to compose this as a comment on [livejournal.com profile] ekmisao's LJ, but it got too long and self-indulgent so I'm putting it here instead.)

According to Wikipedia, the name "Kaoru" is written with the kanji 薫 in RK, Prince of Tennis, Futari wa Pretty Cure, Hikaru no Go, and Flame of Recca, but with the different kanji 馨 in Ouran High School Host Club and Honey and Clover. Of these serieses, RK is the only one I'm familiar with, but I gather that most of these characters are male, even though by Western standards, the meaning "fragrance" (shared by both kanji) may seem somewhat girly.Read more... )