At 21:04 27/07/96 -0700, you wrote:

Alone the kanji is pronounced "BA" (kanji often vary in pronunciations 
when combined).  It means horse.  Ranma's name in Kanji, altogether, 
means "wild horse".

Don't forget it's pronouced Lanma...

But it's the ma that means horse, becasue Genma means Dark horse....
                        

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