Corey
in Japanese
Kō · Ri
light · reason
Character by character
Other ways to write Corey
煌利
Kō · Ri
brilliance · sharpness
航里
Kō · Ri
voyage · village
About Corey in Japanese
In Japan, Corey is written コーリー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 光理 is read Kō · Ri. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 光 (Kō, light), 理 (Ri, reason).
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How do you write Corey in Japanese?+
Corey is written コーリー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 光理, read Kō · Ri.
What does 光理 mean?+
Character by character, 光理 means light · reason.
Is 光理 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Kō · Ri and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Corey is written in katakana: コーリー.