ジャワ

Written forms

• ジャワUsage95%

  Standard katakana spelling for the island and coffee.

• ジャヴァUsage3%

  Rare katakana variant using ヴァ; may appear in older or stylized texts.

• 爪哇Usage2%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
  • ジャワ

    Ateji kanji form; rarely used.

  • ジャバ
  • ジャヴァ
• ジャバ

  Alternate katakana rendering; less common than ジャワ.

• 闍婆
  ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
  • ジャワ

    Ateji kanji form; rarely used.

  • ジャバ
  • ジャヴァ

Etymology

From Indonesian/Malay 'Jawa', via Dutch or English. The kanji forms are ateji.