Luca
in Japanese
Ru · Ka
precious stone · summer
Character by character
Other ways to write Luca
瑠華
Ru · Ka
lapis lazuli · flower
流嘉
Ru · Ka
flow · joy
About Luca in Japanese
In Japan, Luca is written ルカ in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 琉夏 is read Ru · Ka. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 琉 (Ru, precious stone), 夏 (Ka, summer).
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How do you write Luca in Japanese?+
Luca is written ルカ in katakana. A kanji spelling is 琉夏, read Ru · Ka.
What does 琉夏 mean?+
Character by character, 琉夏 means precious stone · summer.
Is 琉夏 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Ru · Ka and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Luca is written in katakana: ルカ.