Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27900998-20160306104549/@comment-27325344-20160306130632

That is the right writing.

His name in kanji is 金木 (Kaneki). The first character "kane" (金) is the same character as in "kin'youbi" 金曜日 (Friday), and the second character "ki" (木) is the same one as in "mokuyoubi" 木曜日 (Thursday).

The kanji are read differently in these words, but that doesn't matter when mentioning the days-of-the-week to spell Kaneki's name. Most kanji have multiple readings and meanings, and the same name can be made from a variety of different kanji combinations. Using common words is a simple way of explaining which combination of kanji is used in one's name.

Yeah, they could have said "it's the kane from 'okane' (money) and the ki from ...'ki' (tree)" but just saying 'ki' could bring to mind "spirit" (気) among other things, so they would have to elaborate with an example of a tree. It's just easier saying "it's Kaneki using the kanji from the days of the week." There are no other "kane" or "ki" readings among the other days, so there won't be a mix-up if they said this.