Mike (maiku) in Japanese

The name Mike in Japanese Katakana is マイク which in romaji is maiku. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Mike in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is まいく.

How do you write Mike in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "maiku" is 舞久 (pronounced: mai-ku). The kanji 舞 means "dance", and 久 means "long time".

The western meaning of the name "Mike" is derived from the Hebrew name "Mikhael" which means "who is like God?". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 米華爾 (Mikaeru), which is pronounced "mee-kah-eh-ru". The Kanji characters mean "rice" (米), "beautiful" (華), and "God" (爾).

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