Emily
in Japanese
E · Mi · Ri
blessing · beauty · jasmine
Character by character
Other ways to write Emily
笑実里
E · Mi · Ri
smile · fruit · village
絵美理
E · Mi · Ri
painting · beauty · reason
About Emily in Japanese
In Japan, Emily is written エミリー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 恵美莉 is read E · Mi · Ri. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 恵 (E, blessing), 美 (Mi, beauty), 莉 (Ri, jasmine).
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How do you write Emily in Japanese?+
Emily is written エミリー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 恵美莉, read E · Mi · Ri.
What does 恵美莉 mean?+
Character by character, 恵美莉 means blessing · beauty · jasmine.
Is 恵美莉 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as E · Mi · Ri and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Emily is written in katakana: エミリー.