Watts in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Watts in katakana

• 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.
• Japanese syllables end in a vowel (except ン), so the final consonant of Watts becomes ツ (tsu). Say it lightly.
• 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.

Watts on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Watts → ジョン・ワッツ (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ワッツ 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 (わっつ じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾜｯﾂ 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 Watts in Japanese?

Watts is usually written ワッツ (wattsu) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is わっつ.

Is there a kanji for Watts?

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.