Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Takeru

武たける

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 武, combines military.

Hiragana
たける
Katakana
タケル
Romaji (Hepburn)
Takeru
Morae
3 たける
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 Takeru. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • たけくんtake-kun
  • たけちゃんtake-chan
  • たけるくんtakeru-kun
  • たけるちゃんtakeru-chan
  • たーちゃんta-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji