Chika (ちか)

Chika is read ちか and has 2 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 千佳, 千加 and 千可. All three are feminine.

Reading

ち·か (2 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Chika

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 千佳
    ちか
    Feminine

    Thousand + beautiful

    • 千(ち)— thousand
    • 佳(か)— beautiful
  • 千加
    ちか
    Feminine

    Thousand

    • 千(ち)— thousand
    • 加(か)— chosen for sound
  • 千可
    ちか
    Feminine

    Thousand + able

    • 千(ち)— thousand
    • 可(か)— able

The kanji in Chika

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 千thousand3 spellings
  • 佳beautiful1 spelling
  • 加chosen for sound1 spelling
  • 可able1 spelling

Chika with common surnames

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Questions about Chika

Is Chika a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Chika is feminine.

What does Chika mean?

Chika is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 千佳 reads as "thousand + beautiful", 千加 reads as "thousand" and 千可 reads as "thousand + able". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Chika be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 千佳, 千加 and 千可. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Chika?

ちか is 2 beats: ち · か. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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