Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Takashi

隆たかし

A boy name with 4 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 隆, combines prosperous.

Hiragana
たかし
Katakana
タカシ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Takashi
Morae
3 たかし
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Takashi. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • たかくんtaka-kun
  • たかちゃんtaka-chan
  • たかしくんtakashi-kun
  • たかしちゃんtakashi-chan
  • たーちゃんta-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji