姓名判断 · fortune-checked kanji
Nana in Japanese Kanji
Nana in Japanese is ナナ. Written in kanji, a stroke-checked spelling is 奈奈.
“Natural leadership supported by loyal allies.”
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
An elegant phonetic character — the 奈 of Nara (奈良), Japan's ancient capital. It anchors perennial girls' favorites like Nana (奈々), Rina (里奈) and Kanna (栞奈).
An elegant phonetic character — the 奈 of Nara (奈良), Japan's ancient capital. It anchors perennial girls' favorites like Nana (奈々), Rina (里奈) and Kanna (栞奈).
Other lucky spellings of Nana
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How do you say Nana in Japanese?
Nana in Japanese is ナナ. 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 Nana?
A stroke-checked kanji spelling of Nana is 奈奈 (graceful; what, graceful; what), with a stroke total of 16 — Great fortune (Daikichi) under seimei handan, the traditional Japanese name-fortune check.