Jack
in Japanese
Jaku · Ku
youth · gallop
Character by character
Other ways to write Jack
惹久
Ja · Ku
charm · eternity
惹玖
Ja · Ku
charm · black jade
About Jack in Japanese
In Japan, Jack is written ジャック in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 若駆 is read Jaku · Ku. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 若 (Jaku, youth), 駆 (Ku, gallop).
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How do you write Jack in Japanese?+
Jack is written ジャック in katakana. A kanji spelling is 若駆, read Jaku · Ku.
What does 若駆 mean?+
Character by character, 若駆 means youth · gallop.
Is 若駆 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Jaku · Ku and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Jack is written in katakana: ジャック.