Guy

in Japanese

凱

Gai

triumph

How Japanese people write Guyガイ

Character by character

Other ways to write Guy

鎧

Gai

armor

涯

Gai

horizon

About Guy in Japanese

In Japan, Guy is written ガイ in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 凱 is read Gai. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 凱 (Gai, triumph).

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Questions

How do you write Guy in Japanese?+

Guy is written ガイ in katakana. A kanji spelling is 凱, read Gai.

What does 凱 mean?+

Character by character, 凱 means triumph.

Is 凱 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Gai and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Guy is written in katakana: ガイ.

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