Heike (haike) in Japanese

The name Heike in Japanese Katakana is ハイケ which in romaji is haike. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Heike in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is はいけ.

How do you write Heike in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "heike" (romaji: "haike") is 平家, pronounced "hei-ke". The kanji means "Taira clan", which was a powerful family of samurai warriors in Japan during the Heian period.

The western meaning of the name "Heike" is "bright, shining one". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 晴佳, which is pronounced as "sei-ka". The kanji characters mean "clear" and "good".

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