Billy
in Japanese
Bi · Ri
Bishamon (guardian god) · reason
Character by character
Other ways to write Billy
美利
Bi · Ri
beauty · sharpness
備莉
Bi · Ri
prepare · jasmine
About Billy in Japanese
In Japan, Billy is written ビリー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 毘理 is read Bi · Ri. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 毘 (Bi, Bishamon (guardian god)), 理 (Ri, reason).
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How do you write Billy in Japanese?+
Billy is written ビリー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 毘理, read Bi · Ri.
What does 毘理 mean?+
Character by character, 毘理 means Bishamon (guardian god) · reason.
Is 毘理 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Bi · Ri and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Billy is written in katakana: ビリー.