How to write Lionel in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Lionel becomes ライオネル, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ラ | ra | |
| イ | i | |
| オ | o | |
| ネ | ne | |
| ル | ru |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ライオネル・スミス for Lionel Smith.