Help with a reading

Kid Chrono · Jun 24, 2006, 06:52

Lately I've been attempting to start reading Japanese books to help with my kanji and overall reading comprehension, and it's been going alright. I'm starting out with Harry Potter(I have already read the English version a few times so it's much easier than a book I am unfamiliar with), and I'm doing fairly well.

However, I have a question about how to read something, and, despite looking around, I am unable to find the answer

.

The problem is 「ダーズリー民」. I already know the kanji and it's readings, and from the usage I am fairly confident that it means "Mr. Dursley." Yet I have never come across this kanji being used as a name suffix and I am unsure of the correct reading. My first instinct was to read this as "daazurii min," but for some reason this just doesn't seem right to me. Is this wrong? Should it use the kun reading and be "daazurii tami," or perhaps a name reading(hopefully not because I haven't memorized very many of those

).

Thank you very much for your help!

KrazyKat · Jun 24, 2006, 07:07

Its not this Kanji? 氏

doinkies · Jun 24, 2006, 07:10

Yeah, I think you probably mistook 氏 for 民.

「ダーズリー氏（し）」 = "Mr. Dursley".

Kid Chrono · Jun 24, 2006, 09:45

That would make a lot more sense, and yes it is. Confound it, they all look alike, it's not my fault!!!

Thank you!

Jun 24, 2006, 06:52	#1
Kid Chrono 日本語の学生 Join Date: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 19	Help with a reading Lately I've been attempting to start reading Japanese books to help with my kanji and overall reading comprehension, and it's been going alright. I'm starting out with Harry Potter(I have already read the English version a few times so it's much easier than a book I am unfamiliar with), and I'm doing fairly well. However, I have a question about how to read something, and, despite looking around, I am unable to find the answer . The problem is 「ダーズリー民」. I already know the kanji and it's readings, and from the usage I am fairly confident that it means "Mr. Dursley." Yet I have never come across this kanji being used as a name suffix and I am unsure of the correct reading. My first instinct was to read this as "daazurii min," but for some reason this just doesn't seem right to me. Is this wrong? Should it use the kun reading and be "daazurii tami," or perhaps a name reading(hopefully not because I haven't memorized very many of those ). Thank you very much for your help!

Jun 24, 2006, 07:10	#3
doinkies ガイジン娘。 Join Date: Dec 21, 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 411	Yeah, I think you probably mistook 氏 for 民. 「ダーズリー氏（し）」 = "Mr. Dursley". __________________ あなたが好きだと言ったこの街並みが今日も暮れてゆきます広い空と遠くの山々　二人で歩いた街夕日がきれいな街 -森高千里の「渡良瀬橋」からどいんきぃずの屋　～　ドインキーズの日本語のブログ

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