Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
甲斐
“to exchange or replace one thing with another”
甲斐 (Kai) is a masculine given name from Old Japanese. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Kahi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
甲斐 goes back to a word meaning “to exchange or replace one thing with another.”
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甲斐’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 甲斐 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as KAHI. In Japanese usage, 甲斐 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kōhi. In Japanese usage, 甲斐 as a surname has a transliteration in かい.
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