Ireland in Japanese Kanji

Ireland in Japanese:

• [ Japanese Pronunciation ] Ai-ru-ran-do
• [ Hiragana ] アイルランド
• [ Kanji ] 愛蘭 (愛 Ire: love, 蘭 land: orchid)

The Japanese word airurando translates as “Ireland” and is composed of the kanji Ire (read ai ) meaning “Love” and Land (read ran ) meaning “Orchid.”

Country names were originally translated to Japanese using a phonetic translation to kanji . These kanji were selected mainly for their pronunciation and not necessarily for their meaning. Also Ireland is commonly written in katakana as (read airurando ). The pronunciation is exactly the same.