Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Kana

花奈かな

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 花奈, combines flower + what? (sound na).

Hiragana
かな
Katakana
カナ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Kana
Morae
2 かな
Gender
Girl

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 Kana. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • かなちゃんkana-chan
  • かーちゃんka-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji