Chika (Japanese given name) explained

Chika
Pronunciation:	CHEE-kah
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Depending on the kanji used, it have many different meanings
Region:	Japan
Origin:	Japanese

is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower".^[1] Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings.

Possible writings in Japanese

Chika can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 千佳, "thousand, excellence"
• 千夏, "thousand, summer"
• 千賀, "thousand, celebration"
• 千香, "thousand, fragrance"
• 千花, "thousand, flower"
• 千華, "thousand, chinese flower"
• 千果, "thousand, fruit"
• 知香, "knowledge, fragrance"
• 知佳, "knowledge, excellence"
• 智香, "wisdom, fragrance"
• 愛, "love" (nanori reading)

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Chika, a member of the Japanese girl group D&D
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese fencer
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese professional footballer
• Chika Kodama (born 1970), Japanese softball player
• , Japanese chemist
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese avant-garde poet
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese singer and songwriter
  • , Japanese YouTuber known as Bilingirl Exo-Chika, founding member of, Japanese group

Fictional characters

• Chika Akatsuki (知佳), a character in the manga series Zombie-Loan
• Chika Amatori, a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger
• Chika Fujiwara (千花), a character in the manga and anime series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
• Chika Ito (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry Marshmallow
• Chika Midarezaki (千花), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kyōran Kazoku Nikki
• Chika Minazuki (ちか), a character in the manga and anime series Ai Yori Aoshi
• Chika Misumi (千歌), a character in the mobile gacha game
• Chika Ogiue (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Genshiken
• Chika Takami (千歌), a character in the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!
• Chika Yurikasa (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Shrine of the Morning Mist
• Chika Yamada (千夏), a character in the manga and anime series B Gata H Kei
• Chika Kudou (久遠愛), a character in the manga and anime series Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
• Chika, a character in the manga series Monkey High!

See also

• Chica (name)
• Chika (general name)
• Chika (Igbo given name)
• Chika (disambiguation)
• Chiki
• Chicka (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Chika (2).