Luke
in Japanese
Ru · Ku
lapis lazuli · black jade
Character by character
Other ways to write Luke
琉久
Ru · Ku
precious stone · eternity
流駆
Ru · Ku
flow · gallop
About Luke in Japanese
In Japan, Luke is written ルーク in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 瑠玖 is read Ru · Ku. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 瑠 (Ru, lapis lazuli), 玖 (Ku, black jade).
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How do you write Luke in Japanese?+
Luke is written ルーク in katakana. A kanji spelling is 瑠玖, read Ru · Ku.
What does 瑠玖 mean?+
Character by character, 瑠玖 means lapis lazuli · black jade.
Is 瑠玖 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Ru · Ku and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Luke is written in katakana: ルーク.