Tomoya is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
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Written forms
Tomoya can be written using different combinations of
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
characters. Some examples:
*友也, "friend, to be"
*友矢, "friend, arrow"
*友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)"
*友弥, "friend, more and more"
*友彌, "friend, more and more"
*友八, "friend, eight"
*友耶, "friend, question mark"
*知也, "know, to be"
*知矢, "know, arrow"
*知哉, "know, how (interrogative particle)"
*知弥, "know, more and more"
*知八, "know, eight"
*智也, "intellect, to be"
*智矢, "intellect, arrow"
*智哉, "intellect, how (interrogative particle)"
*共也, "together, to be"
*朋也, "companion, to be"
*朝也, "morning/dynasty, to be"
*朝矢, "morning/dynasty, arrow"
*朝弥, "morning/dynasty, more and more"
*朝彌, "morning/dynasty, more and more"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
ともや or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
トモヤ.
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Fictional characters
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