<p>the character is 莉 (u+8389), <a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/lei6.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sound file</a>; it’s the transliteration of “lynne”.</p>
<p>“莉” originally means grass (艸); later used for white jasmine as in “茉莉”.</p>
<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E8%8E%89" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=莉</a></p>
<p>imo, it’s quite good, for female name </p>

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水巷孑蠻
<p>Back in 1994 my mother and I took a trip to Hong Kong to visit my grandfather, a US ex-pat, that lived there. She had this chop commissioned while we were visiting.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don't have any way to determine what she had asked to be engraved, as she had a stroke about 8 years ago and cannot remember the stamp. All I know is that it is soapstone and I thought it would be her name &quot;Lynne&quot; or her family name &quot;Curran&quot; or the combination &quot;Lynne Curran&quot;.</p>
<p>When I searched for her name &quot;Lynne&quot;, I found 琳恩. The first symbol, or part of it, <strong>琳</strong> 恩 seems to be incorporated into the chop.</p>
<p>Thank you for any help that can be provided.</p>
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2020-10-03T22:59:18.857Z
It's 莉 (lì), which corresponds to the "Ly" part.
Firmin Martin
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When we wanted name our daughter, my wife decided her English/local name as Jasmine Amanda, naturally, I name her 茉莉 as her Chinese name.  Maybe your mother had a Chinese name not related to Lynne at all as "meaningful" is always the priority for Chinese names.  Maybe you can search your mother's things:  there might be a piece of paper with her Chinese name written and explaining the meaning as I understand this is a practice for Hong Kong seal carver to foreigners.
James Liu 刘老师
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These 2 silks are very old. My Grandpa brought them back from Japan in the 40’s (https://i.sstatic.net/Mn1EH.jpg)
(https://i.sstatic.net/LaIEX.jpg)
(https://i.sstatic.net/xWUAj.jpg)
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Can someone please help me translate this chop/seal/stamp?
# Can someone please help me translate this chop/seal/stamp?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-03)

Back in 1994 my mother and I took a trip to Hong Kong to visit my grandfather, a US ex-pat, that lived there. She had this chop commissioned while we were visiting.

Unfortunately, I don't have any way to determine what she had asked to be engraved, as she had a stroke about 8 years ago and cannot remember the stamp. All I know is that it is soapstone and I thought it would be her name "Lynne" or her family name "Curran" or the combination "Lynne Curran".

When I searched for her name "Lynne", I found 琳恩. The first symbol, or part of it, **琳** 恩 seems to be incorporated into the chop.

Thank you for any help that can be provided.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rf78X.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/rf78X.jpg)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's 莉 (lì), which corresponds to the "Ly" part.  
> **username_2**: When we wanted name our daughter, my wife decided her English/local name as Jasmine Amanda, naturally, I name her 茉莉 as her Chinese name.  Maybe your mother had a Chinese name not related to Lynne at all as "meaningful" is always the priority for Chinese names.  Maybe you can search your mother's things:  there might be a piece of paper with her Chinese name written and explaining the meaning as I understand this is a practice for Hong Kong seal carver to foreigners.  
> **username_3**: These 2 silks are very old. My Grandpa brought them back from Japan in the 40’s (https://i.sstatic.net/Mn1EH.jpg) (https://i.sstatic.net/LaIEX.jpg) (https://i.sstatic.net/xWUAj.jpg)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2020-10-04. Score: 2

the character is 莉 (u+8389), [sound file](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/lei6.Mp3); it’s the transliteration of “lynne”.

“莉” originally means grass (艸); later used for white jasmine as in “茉莉”.

[http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=莉](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E8%8E%89)

imo, it’s quite good, for female name


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