Name in Japanese M Magic

Magic in Japanese

マジック
Katakana
マジック
Hiragana
まじっく
Romaji (Hepburn)
Majikku

This is the common, natural katakana for Magic. Katakana approximates English sounds, so a slightly different spelling can also be valid — treat this as a reliable default, not the single "correct" answer.

How Magic sounds in Japanese

Read it one katakana at a time:

Ma
Ji
ック Kku

Full reading: Majikku

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Why Magic is written in katakana

In Japanese, foreign names are written in katakana — the angular script reserved for words borrowed from other languages. So on a form, a name tag, a delivery slip or a news article in Japan, Magic appears as マジック. This is the correct and respectful way a non-Japanese name is represented; it is not a kanji "translation". A Japanese reader sees マジック and immediately reads it by its sound, Majikku.

Katakana is a syllabary, so English sounds are fitted to the nearest Japanese syllables and every consonant (except ん) is followed by a vowel. That is why Magic becomes マジック rather than a letter-for-letter copy. More than one katakana spelling can be reasonable for the same name, which is why we flag whether a spelling is a long-established one or a natural default.