Conway in Japanese Katakana
Conway (common English surname) is written コンウェイ — read konwei.
コンウェイ
| Katakana | コンウェイ |
|---|---|
| Reading (romaji) | konwei |
| Hiragana | こんうぇい |
| Half-width katakana | コンウェイ |
Character by character
| Katakana | Hiragana | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| コ | こ | ko |
| ン | ん | n |
| ウェ | うぇ | we |
| イ | い | i |
Tips for writing Conway in katakana
- Write the small ェ at about half size, in the lower left of the square (in horizontal writing). ウェ is one sound, we.
- 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.
- 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.
Conway on Japanese forms
Example full name: John Conway → ジョン・コンウェイ (Western order, names separated by ・).
Most Japanese forms put the family name first: コンウェイ 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 (こんうぇい じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (コンウェイ ジョン).
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 Conway in Japanese?
Conway is usually written コンウェイ (konwei) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is こんうぇい.
Is there a kanji for Conway?
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.
Similar names
How spellings are chosen: the first spelling is the one most commonly used for this name in Japanese books, media and everyday writing, checked against the Japanese government's rules for writing foreign words (Cabinet Notice No. 2 of 1991, 外来語の表記). The list was compiled by this site; it is not an official register. Pronunciation matters more than spelling — if your name is pronounced differently, the katakana can differ too.