Nicholas in Japanese Kanji
Nicholas in kanji: 仁幸良寿 — one way to write Nicholas, with meanings you choose yourself, in the Japanese ateji (当て字) tradition. Some sounds have no exact kanji; ateji tradition uses the closest reading — marked ≈ below (e.g. ヴァ → ba, フィ → hi).
In Japanese, Nicholas is usually written ニコラス (nikorasu)
仁幸良寿 is an artistic ateji — chosen for sound and meaning, not an official spelling.
For anything permanent, have a native speaker check it.
Reviewed by Hitomi Kuga, Japanese-language teacher
仁幸良寿 — “benevolence · happiness · goodness · long life”
Nicholas sounds like ni · ko · ra · su in Japanese. Matching each sound to a kanji gives 仁幸良寿 — one of 144 possible kanji spellings of Nicholas. Every character below has the same or closest Japanese sound but a different meaning, so the final choice is yours.
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How Nicholas becomes kanji
| Sound | Kanji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ni | 仁 | benevolence |
| ko | 幸 | happiness |
| ra | 良 | goodness |
| su | 寿 | long life |
Every kanji choice for Nicholas
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“ni” — 3 kanji to choose from
“ko” — 3 kanji to choose from
“ra” — 4 kanji to choose from
“su” — 4 kanji to choose from
Tattoo, gift & wall art ideas
仁幸良寿 makes striking vertical calligraphy — a popular choice for a kanji name tattoo, a personalised Japanese name gift, or framed wall art. Because you can read this page, you (and your tattoo artist) know exactly what each character means — no mystery kanji.
Questions about Nicholas in kanji
There is no single official kanji for Nicholas. This is one sound-based ateji (当て字) option: 仁幸良寿, read as "ni-ko-ra-su", with the meanings "benevolence · happiness · goodness · long life". You can swap a character for another with the same or closest Japanese sound: Nicholas has 144 possible kanji spellings in this generator.
It can be a starting point for a tattoo design. Because tattoos are permanent, we recommend having both the katakana (ニコラス) and the kanji checked by a native Japanese speaker before committing.
Character by character, 仁幸良寿 reads 仁 ("benevolence", read as "ni"), 幸 ("happiness", read as "ko"), 良 ("goodness", read as "ra"), 寿 ("long life", read as "su"). Together they sound like "Nicholas" while carrying the meanings benevolence · happiness · goodness · long life.
Japanese uses four scripts side by side: kanji for meaning, hiragana and katakana for sound, and rōmaji for the Latin alphabet. A Japanese person writing a foreign name by ear reaches for katakana, which records the sound but carries no meaning — kanji is the meaning-based art form this site uses instead, in the ateji (当て字) tradition.
No — in everyday Japan, foreign names are written in katakana, which is why it's shown beneath every artwork here. The kanji version is ateji (当て字): an artistic portrait of a name chosen for sound and meaning, not an official translation, so anything permanent should be checked by a native speaker first.