Amber

in Japanese

杏芭

An · Ba

apricot · banana plant

How Japanese people write Amberアンバー

Character by character

Other ways to write Amber

安葉

An · Ha

peace · leaf

琥珀

Kohaku

amber

About Amber in Japanese

In Japan, Amber is written アンバー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 杏芭 is read An · Ba. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 杏 (An, apricot), 芭 (Ba, banana plant).

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Questions

How do you write Amber in Japanese?+

Amber is written アンバー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 杏芭, read An · Ba.

What does 杏芭 mean?+

Character by character, 杏芭 means apricot · banana plant.

Is 杏芭 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as An · Ba and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Amber is written in katakana: アンバー.

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