What character is this?

[elmer]

Hello,

My grandfather - born in Mojokerto, east Java 1907 - had three sisters. They were named in chronological order:

Lie Tiam Nio
Lie Giok Tjiam Nio
Lie Giok Hwan Nio

In some old family papers I found the characters for Lie Giok Hwan Nio. You can find it on http://home.planet.nl/~lie00120/temp.htm. Does anybody know what the character for Hwan is? I looked for it on the internet, but so far no success.

And then, does anybody have an idea how Tiam and Tjiam could have been written? Is this a common sequence of feminin names like for example Gwat Yong and Gwat Hwa?

kind regards,
Elmer Lie

[Mark Yong]

Hi, Elmer,

I am not sure what you question means, as the image in the URL you provided already has the character huan in there, i.e. 環. If you are enquiring about the meaning of the character, then its original meaning is a jade ring or bracelet, and its extended meaning is surrounding or linking.

[elmer]

Thank you, now I can copy the character Huan and implement it in a report on my ancestral history. Do you have any idea how the names Thiam and Tjiam could have been written? regards, Elmer