Chika (Japanese given name)

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Chika
PronunciationCHEE-kah
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDepending on the kanji used, it have many different meanings
Region of originJapan

Chika (ちか, チカ) is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower".[1] Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings.

Possible writings in Japanese

Chika can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 千佳, "thousand, excellence"
  • 千夏, "thousand, summer"
  • 千賀, "thousand, celebration"
  • 千香, "thousand, fragrance"
  • 千花, "thousand, flower"
  • 千華, "thousand, chinese flower"
  • 千果, "thousand, fruit"
  • 知香, "knowledge, fragrance"
  • 知佳, "knowledge, excellence"
  • 智香, "wisdom, fragrance"
  • 愛, "love" (nanori reading)

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

  • Chika, a member of the Japanese girl group D&D
  • Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990), Japanese voice actress
  • Chika Aoki (青木 千佳, born 1990), Japanese fencer
  • Chika Hirao (平尾 知佳, born 1996), Japanese women's footballer
  • Chika Kato (加藤 千佳, born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
  • Chika Kodama (born 1970), Japanese softball player
  • Chika Kuroda (黒田 チカ, 1884–1968), Japanese chemist
  • Chika Otaki (大滝 知香, born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Chika Sagawa (左川 ちか, 1911–1936), Japanese avant-garde poet
  • Chika Sakamoto (千夏, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
  • Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ), Japanese manga artist
  • Chika Yoshida (吉田 知加, born 1979), Japanese singer and songwriter
  • Chika Yoshida (吉田 ちか, born 1984), Japanese YouTuber known as Bilingirl
  • Exo-Chika, founding member of Aural Vampire (オーラルヴァンパイア), Japanese group

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Chika (2)".