Jessica
ジェシカ
Jeshika
How It Is Said
- ジェje
- シshi
- カka
Jeshika: three beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ジェシカ | Jeshika | |
| Portuguese (Jéssica) | ジェシカ | Jeshika |
What Happens to the Sounds
- The double ss is one sound in English, so katakana writes it once: ジェシカ.
- A small kana joins the one before it into one beat: ジェ (je).
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type jeshika, then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose ジェシカ among the suggestions.
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
