Patrick in Japanese Kanji
Patrick in kanji: 波斗莉久 — one way to write Patrick, 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, Patrick is usually written パトリク (patoriku)
波斗莉久 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
波斗莉久 — “wave · Big Dipper · jasmine · everlasting”
Patrick sounds like pa · to · ri · ku in Japanese. Matching each sound to a kanji gives 波斗莉久 — one of 108 possible kanji spellings of Patrick. 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 Patrick becomes kanji
| Sound | Kanji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pa (≈ ha) | 波 | wave |
| to | 斗 | Big Dipper |
| ri | 莉 | jasmine |
| ku | 久 | everlasting |
Every kanji choice for Patrick
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“pa” — 3 kanji to choose from
“to” — 3 kanji to choose from
“ri” — 4 kanji to choose from
“ku” — 3 kanji to choose from
Tattoo, gift & wall art ideas
波斗莉久 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 Patrick in kanji
There is no single official kanji for Patrick. This is one sound-based ateji (当て字) option: 波斗莉久, read as "pa-to-ri-ku", with the meanings "wave · Big Dipper · jasmine · everlasting". You can swap a character for another with the same or closest Japanese sound: Patrick has 108 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 (パトリク) and the kanji checked by a native Japanese speaker before committing.
Character by character, 波斗莉久 reads 波 ("wave", read as "ha", used for the "pa" sound), 斗 ("Big Dipper", read as "to"), 莉 ("jasmine", read as "ri"), 久 ("everlasting", read as "ku"). Together they sound like "Patrick" while carrying the meanings wave · Big Dipper · jasmine · everlasting.
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.