姓名判断 · fortune-checked kanji
Sho in Japanese Kanji
Sho in Japanese is ショウ. Written in kanji, a stroke-checked spelling is 翔.
12 strokes + 1 rei-su — the “spirit number” traditionally added to single-kanji names — = 13
“Wisdom and charm — success through intelligence.”
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
To soar — wings spread at full flight. The single most popular boys' name kanji of the 21st century in Japan: Sho (翔), Haruto (陽翔), Kaito (海翔). Pure upward momentum.
Other lucky spellings of Sho
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How do you say Sho in Japanese?
Sho in Japanese is ショウ. 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 Sho?
A stroke-checked kanji spelling of Sho is 翔 (to soar; fly high), with a stroke total of 13 — Great fortune (Daikichi) under seimei handan, the traditional Japanese name-fortune check.