Chana (chana) in Japanese

The name Chana in Japanese Katakana is チャナ which in romaji is chana. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Chana in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ちゃな.

How do you write Chana in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "chana" is 茶菜 (pronounced cha-na). The kanji 茶 means "tea" and 菜 means "vegetable", so the combined kanji name literally translates to "tea vegetable".

The western meaning of the name "Chana" is "graceful" or "favored". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is "Kanako" (加奈子), which is pronounced "ka-na-ko". The Kanji characters mean "add" (加) and "child" (奈子).

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