Languages › Japanese Ogenki Desu Ka in Japanese Share Flipboard Email Print T.Matsuda/Getty Images Japanese Essential Japanese Vocabulary History & Culture Japanese Grammar By Namiko Abe Namiko Abe Japanese Language Expert B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on February 06, 2019 Ogenki desu ka means "How are you?" in Japanese. The Japanese characters are お元気ですか。（おげんきですか。 Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Abe, Namiko. "Ogenki Desu Ka in Japanese." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/ogenki-desu-ka-2028366. Abe, Namiko. (2020, August 28). Ogenki Desu Ka in Japanese. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/ogenki-desu-ka-2028366 Abe, Namiko. "Ogenki Desu Ka in Japanese." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/ogenki-desu-ka-2028366 (accessed March 22, 2023). copy citation