梅根

The female name Megan is rendered in Chinese as 梅根. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Megan is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Méi gēn.

Character-by-character breakdown

In Chinese, Megan is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 梅 (Méi), 根 (gēn). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Megan rather than spelling out a literal meaning.

Origin & meaning of Megan

Megan is a name of Welsh origin. A Welsh diminutive of Margaret, meaning "pearl."