How to write Joy in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Joy becomes ジョイ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ジョ | jo | two characters read as one sound |
| イ | i |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ジョイ・スミス for Joy Smith.