Hank (hanku) in Japanese

The name Hank in Japanese Katakana is ハンク which in romaji is hanku. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Hank in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is はんく.

How do you write Hank in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "hanku" is 半久 (pronounced "han-kyū"), which means "half eternity".

The western meaning of the name "Hank" is a diminutive form of the name "Henry", which means "home ruler". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 宏 (Hiro) which is pronounced as "hee-roh". The Kanji character 宏 means "great, large, grand".

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