Joe
in Japanese
丈
Jō
stature
How Japanese people write Joeジョー
Character by character
Other ways to write Joe
穣
Jō
abundant harvest
譲
Jō
yield
About Joe in Japanese
In Japan, Joe is written ジョー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 丈 is read Jō. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 丈 (Jō, stature).
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How do you write Joe in Japanese?+
Joe is written ジョー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 丈, read Jō.
What does 丈 mean?+
Character by character, 丈 means stature.
Is 丈 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Jō and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Joe is written in katakana: ジョー.