I think my Chinese Name 立源 means "Create Wealth For Others" 🤔

@lupyuen Complex. Could suggest you aren't benefiting from the things you create (the wealth is *only* for others) or it just means that your work benefits others. Is there a duality like that in the Chinese?

@2ck Hmmm maybe my parents weren't aware of the deeper meaning of my name...
(1) 立 means "upright" or "erect". This Chinese character is in all my brothers' names. (My sisters are named 康 for "health")
(2) 源 means "source of water" (like a well or a stream) but usually refers to "wealth".
Put them together and we get "create a source of wealth". But a "source of water" isn't meant for personal consumption, it's meant to be shared. So I take this to mean "create wealth for others" 🤔

@lupyuen @2ck I think "源" has a broader sense rather than just the source of water, it means the source of any kind .Could be the source of wealth , the source of fortune, or the source of sunlight. It could even mean the source code! "Open source" for example, is written as"开源" in Chinese.

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@Vectorfield @2ck Thanks... 开源 sounds really gruesome... "Open me up!" 😂

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