In Kanji

Autumn

Here are 5 ways Autumn could be written. Japanese has thousands of characters, and several can carry the same sound — so a name can be written more than one way, and each way means something different. Here is what each one actually says.

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音桜太夢オ・オ・タ・ム
Good meaning
音
オ

Literal meaning

sound

Good meaning
桜
オ

Literal meaning

cherry blossom

Good meaning
太
タ

Literal meaning

thick and strong

Good meaningStrong
夢
ム

Literal meaning

a dream

Good meaning
王鷹太武オ・オ・タ・ム
Neutral meaning
王
オ

Literal meaning

king

Good meaningStrong
鷹
オ

Literal meaning

a hawk

Neutral meaningStrong
太
タ

Literal meaning

thick and strong

Good meaningStrong
武
ム

Literal meaning

the warrior's way

Good meaningStrong
汚怖堕骸オ・オ・タ・ム
Dark meaning
汚
オ

Literal meaning

filth — what has been stained and will not come clean

Dark meaning
怖
オ

Literal meaning

fear — the character in 怖じる, to flinch

Dark meaning
堕
タ

Literal meaning

to fall

Dark meaning
骸
ム

Literal meaning

what is left of a body

Dark meaning
央於田矛オ・オ・タ・ム
Neutral meaning
央
オ

Literal meaning

the middle

Neutral meaning
於
オ

Literal meaning

at, in — where a thing happens

Neutral meaning
田
タ

Literal meaning

rice field

Neutral meaning
矛
ム

Literal meaning

a spear

Neutral meaningStrong
桜王多武オ・オ・タ・ム
Good meaning
桜
オ

Literal meaning

cherry blossom

Good meaning
王
オ

Literal meaning

king

Good meaningStrong
多
タ

Literal meaning

many

Good meaning
武
ム

Literal meaning

the warrior's way

Good meaningStrong

Another meaning

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