I found lots of people having difficulty pronouncing my name, Xiaochuan. Interestingly, in Chinese, Xiaochuan corresponds to two very simple characters, 小川, which can be served as the textbook examples of pictogram. Check out the etymology of the two characters!

	Oracle bone script	Bronze script	Small seal script	Regular script
小 (xiao)
川 (chuan)

Pictogram:
小 : three granules of sand –> small.
川 : water flow with the left and right bank –> river.