I was wondering if anyone could write Monica in "real" Kanji?

Answer 1

I'm Japanese and I can answer your question that there would be no real Kanji for Monica in general because Monica isn't a Japanese name.

But if Monica was born in Japan and her parents used Kanji that was forced to pronounce as Monica, there would be Kanji for Monica though lots of people probably would think that that kind of Kanji is eccentric.

As you might know, in general Japanese people use Kanji to name their kids. And some of them do use Kanji for their kid's name that pronounces like an English name such as Alice. And Alice might be written like this: 亜理栖.

亜 (A)
理 (li)
栖 (ce)

But 亜理栖 isn't the only Kanji for Alice because there are so many Chinese characters for each A, li and ce. So you can actually choose one of many Chinese characters for each syllable.

Anyway, if you want to find Kanji for Monica, find Kanji for Mo, Ni, and Ca. And I wouldn't probably use Kanji for Monica but if I had to, 萌二香 might be cute. The Chinese characters that I used for the name can tell that that's a female's name. And the image of the name is soft and kinda girlish.

But if I were you, I would probably ask Chinese people because Chinese language has Chinese characters only. I don't know how Chinese people write westerner's names but probably asking Chinese people might be better????

Answer 2

As Monica is not a Japanese word, there is no "real" Kanji for this name. One option would be to write it in Katakana, the syllable "alphabet" for foreign words, モニカ, or to apply a so-called "artistic expression" of the name. This would offer a lot of possibilities and interpretations, as there are so many Kanji which would sound right.

There's a pretty interesting explanation on this page :

http://www.pacificool.com/hanko2.htm

even with Monica as an example. With the help on this page, you may even create your own combination of Kanji.

Hope this helps a little :o(

Answer 3

Well, Monica is not a Japanese name, so your name is actually written in katakana. "Monica" is:

モニカ

It is pronounced "Moh-nee-kah"

English names in kanji are just for fun. They just choose Japanese characters that best match the sounds of the name and put them together. They don't really use them for English names, though.

木児夏 - The characters here mean "tree", "child/newborn", and "summer" and could be pronounced Monica, I suppose, but the katakana is the real way to write it...

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Possibly yeah

Answer 6

why are all the answers so dull and short these days?

Answer 7

Sorry, not sure about this