How to write Hope in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Hope becomes ホープ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ホ | ho | |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| プ | pu |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ホープ・スミス for Hope Smith.