Talk:Ranga/@comment-38441553-20190209133608/@comment-44396353-20200529135339

I could be totally wrong, but it’s because of the way Kanji works.

I think with kanji there can be multiple ways to spell the phonetics, but depending on the Kanji used, it can change the actual meaning despite the phonetics being the same or similar.

In English I can only think to compare it to a name having a meaning (like the name “Theo” being a divine gift) or like, in everyday conversation, two identical phonetics having a differing spelling or meaning. Like “red” and “read”.

Or maybe a pun?

The emotional response is not going to be directly translatable to English, but in japanese, Ranga would mean tempest. You just gotta believe that

Read this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lbw2y/eli5_how_do_japanese_names_work_with_kanji/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf