The name Spencer King in Chinese / Japanese...

斯賓瑟・金 is the name Spencer King in Chinese (Mandarin).

スペンサー・キング is the name Spencer King in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

王 is wang which means king. It is not pronounced the way you think in Chinese. It is more like English speakers would want to pronounce wong. It has roughly the same vowel sound as tong, song, or long in English.

Note that this means king only, not the emperor. An emperor is higher than a king, and theoretically is chosen by God, according to ancient Chinese culture. However, the definition is often blurred at various points in Asian history.

王 can also be defined as ruler, sovereign, monarch, or magnate. It is also can refer to a game piece in the chess-like Japanese strategic game of shoji.

Note: This can also be a family name in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese (in Vietnamese it's Vương).

See Also:  Queen

キング is the name King in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

金 is how the name King is transliterated into Mandarin Chinese.

The meaning of this character is metal or gold, and it only vaguely sounds like “king”. But it was used in many articles for famous people like Larry King. If my last name was “King”, I would rather use the character 王 which means king, and romanizes as “wang” or “wong.”

This is the most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Spencer.

斯賓瑟 is an alternate transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Spencer.

I think this one actually sounds more like Spencer but is not as common as our other version.

スペンサー is the name Spencer in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.