Colin

in Japanese

虎凛

Ko · Rin

tiger · dignity

How Japanese people write Colinコリン

Character by character

Other ways to write Colin

光鈴

Kō · Rin

light · little bell

琥琳

Ko · Rin

amber · jewel

About Colin in Japanese

In Japan, Colin is written コリン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 虎凛 is read Ko · Rin. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 虎 (Ko, tiger), 凛 (Rin, dignity).

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Questions

How do you write Colin in Japanese?+

Colin is written コリン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 虎凛, read Ko · Rin.

What does 虎凛 mean?+

Character by character, 虎凛 means tiger · dignity.

Is 虎凛 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Ko · Rin and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Colin is written in katakana: コリン.

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