How to write Patience in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Patience becomes ペイシェンス, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ペ | pe | |
| イ | i | |
| シェ | she | two characters read as one sound |
| ン | n | n on its own |
| ス | su |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ペイシェンス・スミス for Patience Smith.