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Matthew in Japanese Kanji

Matthew
正春
マシュー

How do you say Matthew in Japanese?

The English name Matthew — written マシュー in katakana — rendered in authentic Japanese kanji as 正春 (read as マシュ), using only the 2,999 Jinmeiyo kanji approved by the Japanese Ministry of Justice for personal names.

Character Breakdown

correct, justice
Onセイ、ショウ
Kunただしい、ただす、まさ、まさに
5 strokes
Jōyō kanji
springtime, spring (season)
Onシュン
Kunはる
9 strokes
Jōyō kanji

Seimei Handan · Five-Grid Fortune

Heaven · Ancestry
天格
1
Great fortune
Person · Personality
人格
6
Prosperity
Earth · Youth
地格
14
Separation
Outer · Social
外格
8
Perseverance
Total · Life
総格
14
Separation
The name Matthew written as 正春 produces a personality grid (人格) of 6 (Prosperity) and an overall life grid (総格) of 14 (Separation). 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 "Matthew".

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