Wood in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Wood 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".
• Japanese syllables end in a vowel (except ン), so the final consonant of Wood becomes ド (do). 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.

Wood on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Wood → ジョン・ウッド (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ウッド 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 (うっど じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｳｯﾄﾞ 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 Wood in Japanese?

Wood is usually written ウッド (uddo) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is うっど.

Is there a kanji for Wood?

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.