
This is my chinese name, the name I was born with. Dody Gunawinata is actually a second name, an Indonesian one, which doesn't have any correspondence to the chinese name.
The first part of the pictogram is my family name, 'lim' (which means forest). The second part symbolize the generational hierarchy I hold in my clan, 'ri' (which means sun). The last part is actually my given name, f'an (from f'an r'en = common people). My family and close friends back in Indonesia would use my Chinese name and call me 'a f'an.
Dody Gunawinata is a uniquely Indonesian name. My first name is not very common in Indonesia and usually they are written as Dodi. My last name has its root from Sanskrit and I think only my immediate nuclear family has that last name. It was given by an Javanese wiseman that's a friend of my Dad. All my school friends and virtually everyone outside Indonesia know me by this name.
Here's a kicker, you all know about the Chinese concept of Feng Sui (literal translation : wind and water), a concept of harmony and balance in every day life. I just found out about 10 minutes ago that all my families' given name characters have be rewritten except mine. Yup, my dad, mom and three sisters name's last character have been changed. Phonetically their name still sounds the same or similar, but the characters underlying the name were changed. This change is deemed necessary to fit better with Feng Sui.
One of the Chinese fisherman that got stranded in my island was actually a Feng Sui master and he did the calculation for my family. Apparently he thought that my character still fits and I don't get a character change. The old dude just told my parents to pass along a single advice: "Your aspiration is high and noble, just watch your temper. Learn to be more patient.".