Zena (jiina) in Japanese

The name Zena in Japanese Katakana is ジイナ which in romaji is jiina. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Zena in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じいな.

How do you write Zena in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jiina" is 慈音 (pronounced as "ji-i-no"). This kanji means "kind voice".

The western meaning of the name Zena is "guest, stranger". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 客人 (kyaku-jin), which is pronounced ky-ak-u-jin. The kanji characters mean "guest" and "person".

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