Ivan
in Japanese
Ai · Ban
indigo · boulder
Character by character
Other ways to write Ivan
愛萬
Ai · Ban
love · ten thousand
藍伴
Ai · Ban
indigo · companion
About Ivan in Japanese
In Japan, Ivan is written アイヴァン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 藍磐 is read Ai · Ban. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 藍 (Ai, indigo), 磐 (Ban, boulder).
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How do you write Ivan in Japanese?+
Ivan is written アイヴァン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 藍磐, read Ai · Ban.
What does 藍磐 mean?+
Character by character, 藍磐 means indigo · boulder.
Is 藍磐 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Ai · Ban and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Ivan is written in katakana: アイヴァン.