Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Daisuke

大輔だいすけ

A boy name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 大輔, combines big + help.

Hiragana
だいすけ
Katakana
ダイスケ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Daisuke
Morae
4 だいすけ
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Daisuke. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • だいくんdai-kun
  • だいちゃんdai-chan
  • だいすけくんdaisuke-kun
  • だいすけちゃんdaisuke-chan
  • だーちゃんda-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji