Alphabet Letter Names in Japanese
The list below shows how to spell Latin character words or acronyms in Japanese. For example, NHK is spelled enu-eichi-kei (エヌエイチケイ). The following pronunciations are based on English letter names; otherwise, for example, A would likely be called ā (アー) in Japanese.
- A; Ē or ei (エー or エイ)
- B; Bī (ビー, alternative pronunciation bē, ベー)
- C; Shī (シー, sometimes pronounced sī, スィー)
- D; Dī (ディー, alternative pronunciation dē, デー)
- E; Ī (イー)
- F; Efu (エフ)
- G; Jī (ジー)
- H; Eichi or Etchi (エイチ or エッチ)
- I; Ai (アイ)
- J; Jē or Jei (ジェー or ジェイ)
- K; Kē or Kei (ケー or ケイ)
- L; Eru (エル)
- M; Emu (エム, alternative pronunciation en(em), エン)
- N; Enu (エヌ, sometimes pronounced en, エン)
- O; Ō (オー)
- P; Pī (ピー, alternative pronunciation pē, ペー)
- Q; Kyū (キュー)
- R; Āru (アール)
- S; Esu (エス)
- T; Tī (ティー, though sometimes pronounced chī, チー, and alternatively pronounced tē, テー)
- U; Yū (ユー)
- V; Vi (ヴィ, though often pronounced bui, ブイ)
- W; Daburyū (ダブリュー)
- X; Ekkusu (エックス)
- Y; Wai (ワイ)
- Z; Zetto, zeddo, or zī (ゼット, ゼッド, or ズィー, though sometimes pronounced jī, ジー)
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