How to Say “How do you spell that?” in Japanese

How do you say “How do you spell that?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

How do you spell that?

どうやって書くの?

 douyatte kakuno

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

どうやって書くんですか?

 douyatte kakundesuka

  • どうやって douyatte = how
  • 書く kaku = write

The literal translation of “どうやって書くの?” is “How do you write that?”.


どうやって
how

書くの?
do you write that?