Karina in Chinese
The standard Chinese transliteration of Karina is 卡琳娜, pronounced Kǎlínnà. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.
卡琳娜
Kǎlínnà
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Written forms to copy
Simplified (mainland China)
卡琳娜
Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
卡琳娜
Same in both scripts
卡琳娜
Vertical
How the name reads on a scroll, a seal or a tattoo. Copy the characters above and set them top to bottom.
Kǎlínnà
Character by character
card
fine jade
graceful (used in female names)
About this transliteration
Standard rendering 卡琳娜, sharing 琳 (fine jade) with the other -ina names.
Before you tattoo or print Karina in Chinese
- 卡琳娜 is the usual transliteration of Karina: the form Chinese readers recognise as this name. The characters were picked for their sound.
- Character by character: 卡 (kǎ) = card · 琳 (lín) = fine jade · 娜 (nà) = graceful (used in female names). Written together, a Chinese reader sees the name Karina, not a phrase built from those meanings.
- 卡琳娜 is written the same in simplified and traditional characters, so it reads correctly everywhere.
- Left to right, or top to bottom when vertical. Never mirror, rotate or reorder the characters: one missing or extra stroke makes a different character.
- Brush and calligraphy fonts change the shape of the strokes. Ask a native reader to check the final artwork before it is inked or printed.
- The tones are tone 3 + tone 2 + tone 4. Hear it above, record yourself and get each tone scored, or check all four tones with the free Mandarin tones test.
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