Zenjirō, Zenjiro or Zenjirou is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
.
Written forms
Zenjirō can be written using different combinations of
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
characters. Some examples:
The characters used for "jiro" (二郎 or 次郎) literally means "second son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the second child. The "zen" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("善" for virtuous, "全" for all, "然" and so on).
*善二郎, "virtuous, second son"
*善次郎, "virtuous, second son"
*全二郎, "all, second son"
*全次郎, "all, second son"
Other combinations...
*善治郎, "virtuous, to manage/cure, son"
*善次朗, "virtuous, next, clear"
*全治郎, "all, to manage/cure, son"
*全次朗, "all, next, clear"
*然次朗, "so, next, clear"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
ぜんじろう or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
ゼンジロウ.
Notable people with the name
*, Japanese politician and cabinet minister
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese figure skater
*, Japanese entrepreneur
*, Japanese field hockey coach
Fictional characters
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Zenjiro, a character in the manga series ''Kodocha''
*, a character in the anime series ''Digimon Xros Wars''
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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names