How to write Esmeralda in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Esmeralda becomes エスメラルダ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| エ | e | |
| ス | su | |
| メ | me | |
| ラ | ra | |
| ル | ru | |
| ダ | da |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example エスメラルダ・スミス for Esmeralda Smith.