Weaver in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Weaver in katakana

• ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
• Write the small ィ at about half size, in the lower left of the square (in horizontal writing). ウィ is one sound, wi.
• The V sound can be written with ヴ or with the バ-row (ba, bi, bu, be, bo). Both are accepted by the 1991 rules; the バ-row is more common in everyday writing.
• 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.

Weaver on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Weaver → ジョン・ウィーバー (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ウィーバー 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 (うぃーばー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｳｨｰﾊﾞｰ 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 Weaver in Japanese?

Weaver is usually written ウィーバー (wībā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. You may also see ウィーヴァー. In hiragana it is うぃーばー.

Is there a kanji for Weaver?

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.