Kenji (kenji) in Japanese

The name Kenji in Japanese Katakana is ケンジ which in romaji is kenji. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Kenji in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is けんじ.

How do you write Kenji in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "kenji" is 健二 (pronounced KEN-JI). The kanji means "strong two".

The western meaning of the name Kenji is "intelligent second son". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 賢二, which is pronounced as "ken-ji". The Kanji characters mean "intelligent" (賢) and "two" (二).

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