girl’s name
Jessica in Chinese
杰西卡
jié xī kǎ
Jessica is usually written 杰西卡 in Chinese, pronounced jié xī kǎ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Jessica, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杰 | jié | second (rising) tone | hero; heroic, outstanding | 杰 |
| 西 | xī | first (high, level) tone | west; westward | 西 |
| 卡 | kǎ | third (dipping) tone | card, punch card; calorie | 卡 |
Readings and meanings come from the Unicode Han Database (Unihan). In a transliterated name, the meanings of the characters are not read as a sentence.
Questions about Jessica in Chinese
How do you write Jessica in Chinese?
Jessica is usually written 杰西卡 in Chinese, pronounced jié xī kǎ. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Jessica, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 杰西卡?
杰西卡 is pronounced jié xī kǎ: jié in the second (rising) tone, xī in the first (high, level) tone and kǎ in the third (dipping) tone.
How do you write Jessica in traditional Chinese?
The same way: 杰西卡 uses no simplified characters, so it is also written 杰西卡 in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Is 杰西卡 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Jessica, so Chinese readers will recognise it as a foreign name. If you would like a name that looks Chinese, our free generator also suggests names chosen for their meaning.
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