Sean (shoon) in Japanese

The name Sean in Japanese Katakana is ショオン which in romaji is shoon. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Sean in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is しょおん.

How do you write Sean in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "sean" is 勝雲 (Shōun). It is pronounced "sho-un" and the kanji mean "victory" and "cloud".

The western meaning of the name "Sean" is "God is gracious". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 聖恩 (Sei-on). This is pronounced with two syllables: sei (say) and on (ohn). The kanji characters mean "holy" and "grace".

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