John (jon) in Japanese

The name John in Japanese Katakana is ジョン which in romaji is jon. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, John in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じょん.

How do you write John in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "John" is 貞音 (Tadao). It is pronounced "Ta-da-o". The kanji for this name mean "righteous sound".

The western meaning of the name "John" is "God is gracious". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 安神 (An-jin). This is pronounced with two syllables: An and Jin. The Kanji characters mean "peace" and "god" respectively.

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