Jacques (jakku) in Japanese

The name Jacques in Japanese Katakana is ジャック which in romaji is jakku. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jacques in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じゃっく.

How do you write Jacques in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Jacques" is 寂久 (Seikyu), pronounced as "sei-kyu". This kanji name means "eternal solitude".

The western meaning of the name Jacques is "supplanter". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 取代 (Tori-dai), which is pronounced as "to-ree-dye". This Kanji name means "to replace or supplant".

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