Jack

in Japanese

若駆

Jaku · Ku

youth · gallop

How Japanese people write Jackジャック

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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Questions

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.

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