T-shirts with the name “Hikaru” written in kanji.

In Japanese, foreigners’ names are usually not written in kanji, but rather often presented in katakana, one of Japan’s alphabets. When the name Hikaru is written in katakana, it appears like this: ヒカル (HIKARU) We search for kanji that can be read the same way, and using those phonetic characters, we create a name in kanji. This time we created the following name in Kanji: 光 光 means “a flash” or “light.” It’s possible that Japanese people won’t recognise the phonetic reading of 光 (Hikaru’s kanji) right away, but when presented together with furigana (the katakana pronunciation), they will surely understand. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAjjQTlf2j6OuqUrwkgD9w Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninjajohnjapan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ninjajohnjapan Blog: https://ninjajohn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ninjajohnjapan/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.jp/ninjajohnjapan/ The pen used in this design is made by Pentel, a Japanese stationary maker, and can be purchased at the Amazon link below: https://amzn.to/35YBBnY