Chaya (chaya) in Japanese

The name Chaya in Japanese Katakana is チャヤ which in romaji is chaya. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Chaya in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ちゃや.

How do you write Chaya in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "chaya" is 茶屋 (ちゃや), which is pronounced "chi-ya". The kanji means "tea shop".

The western meaning of the name Chaya is "life" or "living one". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is "生也" (sei-ya). This Kanji name is pronounced with two syllables, "sei" and "ya", and it means "life" or "living one".

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