How to write Joanna in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Joanna becomes ジョアンナ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ジョ | jo | two characters read as one sound |
| ア | a | |
| ン | n | n on its own |
| ナ | na |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ジョアンナ・スミス for Joanna Smith.