Donald in Japanese

ドナルドdonarudo

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土鳴土 どなるど

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Katakana
ドナルド
Hiragana
どなるど
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How to write Donald in Japanese

In Japan, Donald is written in katakana: ドナルド, pronounced “donarudo”. That's the spelling to use on a form, a name tag, or when you introduce yourself.

The kanji above are ateji — characters picked because they sound like the name. There's no single official version, so go with the one whose meaning you like best.

Donald in kanji, character by character

土鳴土
土 soil, earth鳴 chirp, cry
度成度
度 degrees, occurrence成 turn into, become
努為努
努 toil, diligent為 do, change
斗鳴斗
斗 Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)鳴 chirp, cry

Kanji meanings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).