夏普

Sharp is phonetically rendered as 夏普 (Xià pǔ) in Chinese. 夏 means 'summer/grand' and 普 means 'universal/widespread'. The Japanese electronics company was founded in 1912 by Tokuji Hayakawa, who invented the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil — giving the company its name. Sharp is now owned by Taiwan's Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision).

Character-by-character pronunciation

夏普 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.