Brown in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Brown in katakana

• ソ (so) and ン (n) look alike. In ソ the long stroke falls from the top right; in ン it rises from the bottom left.
• Japanese has a single sound for English L and R, so both are written with the ラ-row (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).
• Katakana is written left to right like English, or top to bottom in vertical text. Keep every character the same size except the small ones.

Brown on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Brown → ジョン・ブラウン (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ブラウン ジョン. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (ぶらうん じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾌﾞﾗｳﾝ ｼﾞｮﾝ).

Japan has no official katakana spelling for foreign names. Once you use a spelling for a bank account, phone contract or employer, keep using the same one so your records match.

FAQ

How do you write Brown in Japanese?

Brown is usually written ブラウン (buraun) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぶらうん.

Is there a kanji for Brown?

No. Foreign names have no official kanji; they are written in katakana. Kanji versions offered online (ateji) are chosen only for sound and look, and their "meanings" are made up, so this site does not provide them.