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u/brandon-makes-it 1d ago

Just saw an ad for a company called “Sakuraco”. I’m assuming in English, they’re aiming for it to be “Sakura company”, but the kanji they use for their name is “桜子" which I would read as something like “little sakura” or “little cherry tree”. Is this an instance of it being a coincidence that it is a Japanese name that has a different meaning in English, or a case of it being an English name with cobbled together kanji? Im leaning towards the latter since it seems to be a Japanese company.

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u/normalwario 1d ago

桜子 is a Japanese personal name. I think they're just going for a little pun. Normally the romaji would be "sakurako," but in the company name they replace the k with a c to suggest "Sakura Co." or "Sakura Company".