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Japanese Name Explorer

Combine pronunciation, written-form and corpus classifications to find source-recorded names. Filters are a research utility: combinations stay temporary and canonical name pages remain the primary reference records.

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13 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · mixed classified records

Ken

献けん · 2 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kendō

献堂けんどう · 4 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kengo

献吾けんご · 3 morae

27 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenichi

献一けんいち · 4 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenichirō

献一郎けんいちろう · 6 morae

71 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenji

献児けんじ · 3 morae

145 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenkichi

献吉けんきち · 4 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenkichirō

献吉郎けんきちろう · 6 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Kenshi

献志けんし · 3 morae

33 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenshō

献璋けんしょう · 4 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenzō

献三けんぞう · 4 morae

41 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kōken

公献こうけん · 4 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Seiken

正献せいけん · 4 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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What the explorer can and cannot tell you

Exact-kanji filters require the selected character(s) to occur in the same JMnedict written form. Morae are calculated from the source-recorded kana reading. Gender labels reflect dictionary classifications in the imported records. “Most corpus spelling variants” measures source-record coverage only; it is not a popularity ranking in Japan.