McCarthy in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing McCarthy in katakana

• ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
• The small ッ is a short pause that doubles the next consonant. Write it half size; a full-size ツ would be read "tsu".
• シ (shi) and ツ (tsu) look alike. In シ the two short strokes are placed on the left and the long stroke sweeps upward; in ツ the short strokes stand at the top and the long stroke sweeps downward.
• 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.

McCarthy on Japanese forms

Example full name: John McCarthy → ジョン・マッカーシー (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: マッカーシー 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 (まっかーしー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾏｯｶｰｼｰ 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 McCarthy in Japanese?

McCarthy is usually written マッカーシー (makkāshī) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is まっかーしー.

Is there a kanji for McCarthy?

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.