In Kanji

Patricia

Here are 5 ways Patricia 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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波都莉詩天パ・ト・リ・シ・ア
Good meaning
波
パ

Literal meaning

wave

Good meaning
都
ト

Literal meaning

the capital

Good meaning
莉
リ

Literal meaning

jasmine

Good meaning
詩
シ

Literal meaning

a poem

Good meaning
天
ア

Literal meaning

the sky, and heaven

Good meaning
覇兜黎士荒パ・ト・リ・シ・ア
Neutral meaning
覇
パ

Literal meaning

supremacy, taken and held

Neutral meaningStrong
兜
ト

Literal meaning

a helmet

Neutral meaningStrong
黎
リ

Literal meaning

dark; black

Good meaningStrong

Usage note: In the compound 黎明, the word means dawn. That is not the standalone definition of 黎.

The story behind this design

A wish for a new dawn beyond the long night.

A creative wish, not a literal translation.

士
シ

Literal meaning

a gentleman, a samurai

Good meaningStrong
荒
ア

Literal meaning

wild, untamed

Neutral meaningStrong
波闘離死鴉パ・ト・リ・シ・ア
Dark meaning
波
パ

Literal meaning

wave

Good meaning
闘
ト

Literal meaning

to fight

Dark meaningStrong
離
リ

Literal meaning

to be parted

Dark meaning
死
シ

Literal meaning

death

Dark meaningStrong
鴉
ア

Literal meaning

a crow

Dark meaning
巴兜里史亜パ・ト・リ・シ・ア
Neutral meaning
巴
パ

Literal meaning

a swirl

Neutral meaning
兜
ト

Literal meaning

a helmet

Neutral meaningStrong
里
リ

Literal meaning

the village you come home to

Neutral meaning
史
シ

Literal meaning

history

Neutral meaning
亜
ア

Literal meaning

second, and Asia

Neutral meaning
羽斗璃士空パ・ト・リ・シ・ア
Good meaning
羽
パ

Literal meaning

a feather, a wing

Good meaning
斗
ト

Literal meaning

the Big Dipper

Good meaning
璃
リ

Literal meaning

coloured glass

Good meaning
士
シ

Literal meaning

a gentleman, a samurai

Good meaningStrong
空
ア

Literal meaning

sky

Good meaning

Another meaning

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The same sounds can be written with other characters — kinder ones, darker ones. Swap any of them until it says what you want, then put it on a hoodie, a tee, a mug or a sticker.

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