I need the name of my city in Kanji

[kenji79]

First I would like to say hello to everybody in this forum,

I come from Germany and I need the word FRANKFURT in kanji. (I need it for our dojo of japanese martial arts; I would like to paint Frankfurt in kanji on the wall).

Is it possible to translate the name of a city to kanji? If yes, I have another proble. I need it as .jpg or .gif, because I use the internet from a computer in a university, so I couldn't download the japanese fonts.

Thanks to everyone who could help

kenji79

[MikeM]

There is no actual kanji for it I believe but here is it in katakana:

フランクフルト

[Elizabeth]

There are actually several kanji combinations for Frank, as in the name (such as 府欄久), you'd just need to patch something together for Furuto.

[Golgo_13]

Herr Kenji79,

The Japanese do not use Kanji for foreign or foreign-derived words. You'd have to write Frankfurt in katakana.

However, if you asked a Chinese person he would be able to give you a satisfactory Kanji equivalent for Frankfurt since everything they write have to be in Kanji, even "Coca Cola".

Having said all that, there is a Kanji for "can". But can is an English word. It was probably made up.

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Kenji79-san!

FRANKFURT is "法蘭法時答" in Kanji.:note:

NANGI

[beluga]

Originally posted by NANGI
Konnichiwa Kenji79-san!

FRANKFURT is "法蘭法時答" in Kanji.:note:

NANGI
That would be pronounced as fa-lan-fa-she-da in mandarin... ^^;

[kenji79]

Hi,

I think it's really great to get help from people all over the world. So if there is no kanji for it, I will write it in katana. Thank you.

I have another short question. A friend send me a picture of "ichi geki" in kanji, but it is a little bit different from the kyokushin one. Is this really the ichi geki kanji???

http://www.food-x.de/ichigeki.jpg

width best regards from Germany

kenji79

[Kiyotsuki]

If by 'ichi geki' you mean one defeat then yes it is. ;) Although I'm not sure what kyokushin is....

[Belle]

How do you you pronounce names in Japanese like name of cities and countries and ppl name. I noticed that they are diffrent but are there like any rules to follow according to the alphabet

[SacredBlue]

The Japanese language is composed of distinct mora (syllable-like unit of Japanese). The 'standard' dialect of Japanese (used around Tokyo) can be described in terms of 113 mora of the following kinds:
5 single vowel
67 consonant + vowel
36 consonant + y +vowel
5 single consonant

As Japanese is phonetical, once you learn them all, you're pretty much set for pronouncation. :)

[Glenn]

Originally posted by SacredBlue
The Japanese language is composed of distinct mora (syllable-like unit of Japanese). The 'standard' dialect of Japanese (used around Tokyo) can be described in terms of 113 mora of the following kinds:
5 single vowel
67 consonant + vowel
36 consonant + y +vowel
5 single consonant

As Japanese is phonetical, once you learn them all, you're pretty much set for pronouncation. :)

What are the five single consonants? I thought that ん was the only one. :confused:

[kenji79]

Hello,

firts for Kiyotsuki: Kyokushin is a fullcontact form of karate which uses the ichi-geki for one punch knock out.

And thanks for your help, Can you please write it in katana, too?

kenji79

[Glenn]

Originally posted by kenji79
Hello,

firts for Kiyotsuki: Kyokushin is a fullcontact form of karate which uses the ichi-geki for one punch knock out.

And thanks for your help, Can you please write it in katana, too?

kenji79

I am assuming that you want it written in katakana, not katana (katana = sword). It's an easy mistake, but please be mindful of it. Ichigeki in katakana would be this: イチゲキ, and in hiragana: いちげき.

[SacredBlue]

What are the five single consonants? I thought that ん was the only one.
I must've been sleepy and mistaked consonants for vowels, sigh :p I'll fix that..

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