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Jesus in kanji
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2020/10/14 10:31
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How do you write "Jesus" in kanji?
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by Reann (guest)
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Re: Jesus in kanji
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2020/10/14 10:45
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Not the first name Jesus, but Jesus as in the religious/historical figure? in kanji you would write 基督, but honestly it's much more common to just write キリスト.
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by LIZ (guest)
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2020/10/14 15:25
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Kanji is not commonly used to write Jesus Christ, but you can. Jesus is イエス in Katakana, 耶蘇 in Kanji. Christ is キリスト in Katakana, 基督 in Kanji.
Kanji version is how they are written in Chinese.
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by Kamahen (guest)
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2020/10/14 17:53
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How do you write "Jesus" in kanji?
Jesus is written in kanji '耶蘇'. In Japanese, this word is prounounced ヤソ. It comes from Chinese pronunciation of these two kanjis: Yesu. Japanese pronunciation (on-yomi) of these is ‘Yaso’, so it is written now in katakana ‘ヤソ’. (I must add that ヤソ is not in an ordinary use of Japanese today, with exception of using it with a little scornful connotation.)
基督 means English Christ, but English has nothing to do with this (English speaking people appeared in Japanese history in the late first half of the 19th century). It, in this case also, came from Chinese transcription of (Spanish, Portuguese word) Cristo. It is written and pronounced properly 基利斯督 Jilisidu in Chinese, and キリスト in Japanese pronunciation, and as you can easily see, 基督 jidu, is nothing but the shortened form of 基利斯督. Properly, the pronunciation of 基督 in Japanese must be キトク in ‘on-yomi’, but, even if it’s the shortend form, it has been pronounced in Japanese like its full form.
An additional knowledge: in Edo period, when the Christianity was a prohibited religion, the word 吉利支丹(or 切支丹, or ... ), キリシタン was widely and commonly used to mean the religion itself and its believers. This word is a Japanese transcription in kanjis of a Portuguese word Cristão, or its ancient form Christan.
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by ... (guest)
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2020/10/15 18:12
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Note that all posters have been commenting on the religious figure, and not the modern male name commonly used in many countries especially Latin ones. By the way, キリスト is how modern Japanese people write "Christ", not "Jesus" (which is written differently in kana depending on the sect).
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by Uco
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2020/10/16 16:22
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Uco-san How ridiculous I might be (ha, ha…)! if it is the question about a male first name, according to you, popular in English, probably among Americans of Hispanic origin, I guess. But, I didn’t know Jesus was such a popular modern male name. I never know the intention of the original poster. This poster won’t respond to the answers, like many other posters, AS ALWAYS…
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by ... (guest)
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2020/10/16 16:24
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Uco-san How ridiculous I might be (ha, ha…)! if it is the question about a male first name, according to you, popular in English, probably among Americans of Hispanic origin, I guess. But, I didn’t know Jesus was such a popular modern male name. I never know the intention of the original poster. This poster won’t respond to the answers, like many other posters, AS ALWAYS…
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by ... (guest)
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2020/10/17 00:24
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Just to clarify, I've never heard of an American named Jesus, but I know a Spanish person by the name. The name is not uncommon in Spain, and it's pronounced like ヘスス.
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by Uco
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2020/10/17 16:19
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Jesús indeed is a very popular name in Spanish speaking countries, like @Uco said.
Actually even for women as “María Jesús” (apparently about 6% of the female population in Spain has this name!) or for men either as “Jesús “ or “Jesús María”
As the OP never came back, we won’t know if she/he was inquiring about the religious figure or about a first name.
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by LikeBike
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2020/10/20 03:51
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And while this is getting OT... Yes, there are plenty of Americans names Jesus, usually of hispanic background. https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgiIt peaked around 2001, when it was the 66th most popular boy's name in the US. It's still in the top 100 boy's names in CA and TX.
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