Kiran

in Japanese

輝蘭

Ki · Ran

radiance · orchid

How Japanese people write Kiranキラン

Character by character

Other ways to write Kiran

綺蘭

Ki · Ran

finery · orchid

希嵐

Ki · Ran

hope · storm

About Kiran in Japanese

In Japan, Kiran is written キラン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 輝蘭 is read Ki · Ran. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 輝 (Ki, radiance), 蘭 (Ran, orchid).

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Questions

How do you write Kiran in Japanese?+

Kiran is written キラン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 輝蘭, read Ki · Ran.

What does 輝蘭 mean?+

Character by character, 輝蘭 means radiance · orchid.

Is 輝蘭 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Ki · Ran and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Kiran is written in katakana: キラン.

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