Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Hayashi

林はやし

Hayashi is among the thirty or so most common surnames in Japan. Its kanji read as grove.

Hiragana
はやし
Katakana
ハヤシ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Hayashi
Morae
3 はやし
How common
Very common

The kanji

  1. 林grove, woodsTrees & forest

As a full name

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