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I'm ordering some wall-size prints of me and my dog Zuko (instagram
@zukoandspock) and would like his name on it in Japanese characters.

Can someone provide me examples of writing this name out in Man'yōgana? Is
there an easy way to make my own variations?

IPA (English): [[zuːkoʊ]] (IPA from key
[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English))

_Edit_. Made question non-opinion based, specifically about Man'yōgana and
variations.
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How would I write the name Zuko in Japanese
Stress on the 1st syllable ?

i guess . . . 4 moras in Japanese ? . . . maybe 3 or even 2.

  * ズーコー

  * ズーコ

  * ズコ

ズーコ sounds like a nickname for a girl (could be male, as in ジーコ ) ===  ジーコ
(Zico) ことアルトゥール・アントゥネス・コインブラ（Arthur Antunes Coimbra、ポルトガル語発音: [aʁˈtuʁ ɐ̃ˈtũnis
koˈĩbɾɐ]、1953年3月3日 - ）は、ブラジル出身の元サッカー選手、現サッカー指導者。 愛称である「Zico」は「やせっぽち」の意味で、より
...

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If you want to use Man'yogana or something like it, the possiblities are
endless.

( キラキラネーム
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0>
)

~~But you've come to the right place. (!) There'd soon be several other people
who will be offering suggestions and great insight.~~

Boy! Was I wrong ! ! ! w w w (I'm still new to this forum.) I'll tell you of
other (better, friendlier) places to ask, ... maybe tomorrow, unless you need
it now. Maybe you could try Chinese.SE -- seemed less draconian there, last
time i checked.

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana>

> Zu == 受 授 殊 儒
>
> U == 宇羽于有卯烏得
>
> Ko == 古姑枯故侯孤児粉 / 己巨去居忌許虚興木

Many scholars believe that Old Japanese had two different O vowels, o1 and o2.
( <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Japanese#Vowels> ........ o2 (ə), and the
four secondary (less common) vowels i2 (ï/iy), e1 (e/ye), e2 (ë/ey), o1
(o/wo). )

My (almost random) pick for ズーコ from the above is: 殊烏子 (if Zuko is female)
(Ok, it works for males too -- as in Confucius)

I picked 烏 (crow) after the Chinese folk notion (or folk wisdom) of 孝鸟 or
鸦有反哺之孝.

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塗香（ずこう）とは、仏像や修行者の身体に香を塗って、けがれを除くこと。また、その香。仏に捧げる六種の供物の一種。
数種の香木を混ぜて粉末にし、粉末のまま乾燥したものと、浄水と混ぜ練香としたものがある。一般には粉末にした、抹香状の薄茶色の香を ...

図工 === 図画工作（ずがこうさく、英語: Arts and
Crafts）は、日本の初等教育における教科の1つ。中学校・高等学校の美術・技術に相当する。略して図工（ずこう）ともいう。

www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Zooco/67998 -- Zooco is a Japanese R&B singer,
first becoming known as the vocalist of Escalators, before going on to join
Soul Lovers. When Soul Lovers disbanded in 2002, Zooco ... ------------ Maybe
her real name is Kazuko (or Shizuko ...) and Anglophones would call her [ka-
ZOO-koh] ...
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