Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Osamu

修おさむ

A boy name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 修, combines discipline.

Hiragana
おさむ
Katakana
オサム
Romaji (Hepburn)
Osamu
Morae
3 おさむ
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 Osamu. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • おさくんosa-kun
  • おさちゃんosa-chan
  • おさむくんosamu-kun
  • おさむちゃんosamu-chan
  • おーちゃんo-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji