David in Japanese Kanji
David
淀池備止
デイビッド
How do you say David in Japanese?
The English name David — written デイビッド in katakana — rendered in authentic Japanese kanji as 淀池備止 (read as デイビッド), using only the 2,999 kanji approved by the Japanese Ministry of Justice for personal names.
Character Breakdown
淀
pool, eddy
Onテン、デン
Kunよどむ
11 strokes
Jinmeiyō (name) kanji
池
pond, cistern
Onチ
Kunいけ
6 strokes
Jōyō kanji
備
equip, provision
Onビ
Kunそなえる、そなわる、つぶさに
12 strokes
Jōyō kanji
止
stop, halt
Onシ
Kunとまる、どまり、とめる、どめ、とどめる、とどめ、とどまる、やめる、やむ、よす、さす、さし
4 strokes
Jōyō kanji
Seimei Handan · Five-Grid Fortune
Heaven · Ancestry
天格
1
Great fortune
Person · Personality
人格
12
Weakness
Earth · Youth
地格
33
Brilliance
Outer · Social
外格
21
Sovereignty
Total · Life
総格
33
Brilliance
The name David written as 淀池備止 produces a personality grid (人格) of 12 (Weakness)
and an overall life grid (総格) of 33 (Brilliance).
In the traditional Seimei Handan framework this combination is read as a mixed pattern.
Remember that these readings are a window into a traditional cultural framework — not predictions of future events.
This is a fixed reading for the name "David".
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