France (furansu) in Japanese

The name France in Japanese Katakana is フランス which in romaji is furansu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, France in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ふらんす.

How do you write France in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "furansu" is 普蘭瑟 (pronounced fū-ran-se). This kanji name is composed of two characters: 普 (fū) meaning "universal" and 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". The final character 瑟 (se) has no meaning but is used to create the desired pronunciation.

The western meaning of the name "France" is derived from the Latin word "Francia," which means "land of the Franks." The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is フランス (Furansu), which is pronounced "foo-rahn-soo." The Kanji characters used to spell this name mean "free" (自) and "country" (國).

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