Fanon:Shorthands

In the Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Fandom, several characters' names are shortened or abbreviated to avoid having to type the character's name all over again. Some characters have either a number (e.g. Tsuna is 27), a letter (e.g. Lambo is L), or an abbreviation (e.g. Genkishi is Gen). Not all characters as of yet have an assigned Shorthand, and several may overlap, which usually results in finding new ways to manipulate pronunciations, sometimes even using other languages' numbers (e.g. Uni is Latin for 1, so her number is 01). The shorthands are mostly used for naming different pairings (e.g. Colonnello and Lal Mirch is 5666 while Bianchi and Reborn is 88R).

As previously mentioned, the fandom numbers usually come about as a manipulation of pronunciation. For instance, Tsuna's number is 27 because in Japanese, "tsu" means two, and "na" means seven. Thus, "Tsu" + "Na" = 27. Another example is Gokudera's number, 59; "go" means five in Japanese and "ku" means 9. Thus, "Go" + "Ku" = 59. Further examples include Hibari's number (which is 18 because of "Hi" [one] and "Ba" [eight]) or Rokudo's number (which is 69 because of "Ro" [six] and "Ku" [nine]).

To reduce ambiguity, abbreviations such as Lam for Lambo, or Bel for Belphegor are made, as they hard to search.

Not all pairings are named using the same shorthand method. Often, people will write the full names or use a different variation of the shorthand. For example, Lal Mirch x Colonnello isn't always "ColoLal" or "5666," but sometimes LalNello, an amusing portmanteau of the names.

List of shorthands

The first column lists all known characters who have widely known shorthands. The second to fourth columns are for shorthands grouped by type – number, letter, and plain abbreviation.

Entries with an asterisk (*) are shorthands in Chinese fandom.

Character	Number	Letter	Abbr
Adelheid Suzuki	20	–	–
Alaudi	–	A	Ala
Basil	84	–	–
Belphegor	–	B	Bel
Bianchi	88	–	–
Bluebell	06	–	–
Byakuran	100	–	–
Chrome Dokuro	96	–	–
Chikusa Kakimoto	49	–	–
Colonnello	56	C	Colo
Simon Cozzato	-	C	–
Demon Spade	–	D	Dae
Deisy	04	–	–
Dino	–	D	–
Elena	–	E	Ele
Enma Kozato	00	–	–
Fran	26	–	–
Fran	666	–	–
Fon	–	F	–
Futa	2	–	–
G	02	–	–
Gamma	57	Y*	–
Genkishi	–	–	Gen
Ghost	52	–	–
Giotto	–	G	Gio
Glo Xinia	56	–	–
Hana Kurokawa	87	–	–
Haru Miura	86	–	–
Hayato Gokudera	59	–	Goku
Hyper Dying Will Mode Tsuna	72	–	–
I-Pin	–	I	Pin
Iemitsu Sawada	23	–	–
Julie Kato	11	–	–
Kaoru Mizuno	31	–	–
Ken Joshima	14	–	–
Kikyo	99	–	–
Knuckle	79	–	–
Kouyou Aoba	54	–	–
Kyoko Sasagawa	95	K	–
Kyoya Hibari	18	–	Hiba
Lal Mirch	66	–	Lal
Lambo	–	L	Lam
Lancia	–	–	Lan
Levi A Than	–	–	Levi
Luce	–	–	Luc
Lussuria	64	–	Luss
M.M	–	M	–
Mukuro Rokudo	69	–	Muku
Nana Sawada	77	–	–
Natsu	72	–	–
Shitt P!	40	–	–
Rasiel	–	–	Siel
Large Ooyama	62	–	–
Reborn	–	R	Rebo
Ryohei Sasagawa	33	–	–
Shoichi Irie	51	–	–
Shoichi Irie	+1*	–	–
Spanner	48	–	–
Superbia Squalo	29	S	Squ
Superbia Squalo	36	–	Squa
Superbia Squalo	44	–	–
Takeshi Yamamoto	80	–	Yama
Tetsuya Kusakabe	93	–	–
Torikabuto	16	–	–
Tsunayoshi Sawada	27	–	Tsu
Ugetsu Asari	–	U	–
Verde	–	–	Ver
Viper	–	V	–
Xanxus	3	X	–
Uni	01	–	–
Zakuro	39	–	–