Mason in Japanese Kanji
Mason
明巽
メイソン
How do you say Mason in Japanese?
The English name Mason — written メイソン in katakana — rendered in authentic Japanese kanji as 明巽 (read as メイソン), using only the 2,999 kanji approved by the Japanese Ministry of Justice for personal names.
Character Breakdown
明
bright, light
Onメイ、ミョウ、ミン
Kunあかり、あかるい、あかるむ、あからむ、あきらか、あける、あけ、あく、あくる、あかす
8 strokes
Jōyō kanji
巽
southeast
Onソン
Kunたつみ
12 strokes
Jinmeiyō (name) kanji
Seimei Handan · Five-Grid Fortune
Heaven · Ancestry
天格
1
Great fortune
Person · Personality
人格
9
Solitude
Earth · Youth
地格
20
Hardship
Outer · Social
外格
11
Renewal
Total · Life
総格
20
Hardship
The name Mason written as 明巽 produces a personality grid (人格) of 9 (Solitude)
and an overall life grid (総格) of 20 (Hardship).
In the traditional Seimei Handan framework this combination is read as a challenging but character-building 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 "Mason".
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