Iroha Japanese name meaning & kanji
彩葉
A girl name with 1 common kanji spelling. The most typical, 彩葉, combines colour + leaf.
Iroha (いろは) is a Japanese girl’s name listed here with 1 kanji spelling. In its most typical form, 彩葉 pairs 彩 (“colour”) and 葉 (“leaf”), so the name can be read as “colour + leaf”. If you are browsing by meaning, you will also find Iroha under colours, beauty & grace and trees & forest. As a nickname, Iroha might become いろちゃん and いろはちゃん.
- Hiragana
- いろは
- Katakana
- イロハ
- Romaji (Hepburn)
- Iroha
- Morae
- 3 いろは
- Gender
- Girl
Iroha kanji meaning breakdown
The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.
彩葉
彩葉 combines 彩 (“colour”) and 葉 (“leaf”), read together as “colour + leaf”.
- 彩colour, colouring
- 葉leaf
How to pronounce Iroha
Iroha has 3 morae, the beats of Japanese rhythm: i · ro · ha. Give each beat about the same length. Japanese vowels are short and clear: a as in “father”, i as in “machine”, u as in “food” (with unrounded lips), e as in “met”, o as in “more”.
| Beat | Kana | Katakana | Romaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | い | イ | i | |
| 2 | ろ | ロ | ro | |
| 3 | は | ハ | ha |
See the guide to morae and romaji.
Nicknames
How friends and family might shorten Iroha. See the guide to -chan and -kun.
- いろちゃんiro-chan
- いろはちゃんiroha-chan
- いーちゃんi-chan
As a full name
Example pairings with common surnames. In Japanese the surname comes first.
Quick answers
- What does Iroha mean in Japanese?
- It depends on the kanji. Written 彩葉, Iroha means “colour + leaf”.
- How do you write Iroha in Japanese?
- In hiragana いろは, in katakana イロハ, and in kanji most typically 彩葉.
- Is Iroha a boy's or a girl's name?
- Iroha is listed here as a girl's name.
- How do you pronounce Iroha?
- Iroha has 3 morae: i · ro · ha (いろは). Hepburn romaji: Iroha.
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Names whose kanji also mean colours, beauty & grace and trees & forest.
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