Toby
in Japanese
飛
Tobi
soaring
How Japanese people write Tobyトビー
Character by character
Other ways to write Toby
斗毘
To · Bi
Big Dipper · Bishamon (guardian god)
登美
To · Bi
ascent · beauty
About Toby in Japanese
In Japan, Toby is written トビー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 飛 is read Tobi. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 飛 (Tobi, soaring).
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How do you write Toby in Japanese?+
Toby is written トビー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 飛, read Tobi.
What does 飛 mean?+
Character by character, 飛 means soaring.
Is 飛 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Tobi and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Toby is written in katakana: トビー.