Patricia in Japanese Katakana
Patricia (common English girl's name) is written パトリシア — read patorishia.
パトリシア
| Katakana | パトリシア |
|---|---|
| Reading (romaji) | patorishia |
| Hiragana | ぱとりしあ |
| Half-width katakana | ﾊﾟﾄﾘｼｱ |
Character by character
| Katakana | Hiragana | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| パ | ぱ | pa |
| ト | と | to |
| リ | り | ri |
| シ | し | shi |
| ア | あ | a |
Tips for writing Patricia in katakana
- 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.
- 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.
Patricia on Japanese forms
Example full name: Patricia Smith → パトリシア・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).
Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス パトリシア. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (すみす ぱとりしあ); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ﾊﾟﾄﾘｼｱ).
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 Patricia in Japanese?
Patricia is usually written パトリシア (patorishia) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぱとりしあ.
Is there a kanji for Patricia?
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.