How to write Jakob in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Jakob becomes ジェイコブ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ジェ | je | two characters read as one sound |
| イ | i | |
| コ | ko | |
| ブ | bu |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ジェイコブ・スミス for Jakob Smith.