Kelvin (kerubin) in Japanese

The name Kelvin in Japanese Katakana is ケルビン which in romaji is kerubin. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Kelvin in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is けるびん.

How do you write Kelvin in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Kerubin" is 気流斌 (Kiryū Bin), pronounced "Ki-ryu-bin". The kanji characters mean "atmospheric flow" or "air current".

The western meaning of the name Kelvin is "narrow river". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 狭川, pronounced as "Kyo-ga-wa". The Kanji characters 狭 (Kyo) and 川 (Gawa) mean "narrow" and "river" respectively.

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