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Andrew in Japanese Kanji
Andrew in Japanese is アンドリユ. Written in kanji, a stroke-checked spelling is 杏努理友.
“Ambition fulfilled through talent and effort.”
This is not a random conversion. Every kanji below is genuinely used in Japanese names, and this combination was selected because its stroke total lands on a lucky number under seimei handan (姓名判断) — the traditional check Japanese families use.
What each kanji means
Apricot — blossoms like plum, fruit like sunshine. An (杏) — as in actress Anne — and Kyoka (杏花) are fashionably sweet; apricot groves rewarded a legendary healer's kindness.
Diligent effort — doryoku (努力), the virtue Japan prizes above talent. Tsutomu (努) names the worker; steady effort beats genius that idles.
Reason, logic — the ordering principle of things (理科 is science). Ri names — Riko (理子), Rio (理央), Satori — pair beauty with intellect.
Friend. Tomo names — Tomoko (友子), Yuto (友翔) — bless a life rich in friendship, both in having friends and in being one.
Other lucky spellings of Andrew
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How do you say Andrew in Japanese?
Andrew in Japanese is アンドリユ. Japanese does not translate foreign names by meaning — the sound is transliterated into katakana first, and kanji can then be chosen to match that sound.
What is the kanji for Andrew?
A stroke-checked kanji spelling of Andrew is 杏努理友 (apricot, diligent effort, reason; logic, friend), with a stroke total of 29 — Great fortune (Daikichi) under seimei handan, the traditional Japanese name-fortune check.