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Names & characters

Your name, another way to write it

Choose the languages, enter a name and compare the result. Both sides are yours to edit.

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A name can have more than one written form

Michael Smith becomes マイケル・スミス in Katakana. For a Chinese name, you can compare Japanese kanji with its kana reading. Use the labels below the result to switch forms.

Just comparing characters?

Choose Kanji & Chinese characters to switch between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese kanji. For example, 图书馆 becomes 圖書館 or 図書館. This changes the character forms, not the wording of a sentence.

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Chinese surname readings

Compare a Chinese surname in Japanese Kanji, Kana and Romaji.

Kanji reading lookup

Inspect a character form, on-reading candidates and Kana.

Japanese self-introduction

Create Japanese introduction lines from your Kanji and Kana result.

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