Chrome Autofill now better supports Japanese phonetic names (Furigana), allowing automatic filling of both Kanji and Furigana fields. Since HTML lacks a standard autocomplete value for phonetic names, Chrome uses heuristics based on the autocomplete attribute, field labels, and name attributes to detect phonetic fields.
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Why Japanese names need dedicated supportHow Chrome detects phonetic name fieldsHow Chrome determines katakana or hiraganaDebug phonetic autofillHow users can set up phonetic names in ChromeHelp Chrome split names correctlyImprove the Autofill experienceSort: