Dakota
in Japanese
Da · Ko · Ta
great · tiger · refine
Character by character
Other ways to write Dakota
舵虎多
Da · Ko · Ta
helm · tiger · abundance
舵湖多
Da · Ko · Ta
helm · lake · abundance
About Dakota in Japanese
In Japan, Dakota is written ダコタ in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 大虎汰 is read Da · Ko · Ta. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 大 (Da, great), 虎 (Ko, tiger), 汰 (Ta, refine).
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How do you write Dakota in Japanese?+
Dakota is written ダコタ in katakana. A kanji spelling is 大虎汰, read Da · Ko · Ta.
What does 大虎汰 mean?+
Character by character, 大虎汰 means great · tiger · refine.
Is 大虎汰 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Da · Ko · Ta and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Dakota is written in katakana: ダコタ.