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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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12 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Hiroka

硯果ひろか · 3 morae

94 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ikken

一硯いっけん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenichi

硯一けんいち · 4 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenji

硯児けんじ · 3 morae

145 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kenko

硯湖けんこ · 3 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenpo

硯圃けんぽ · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kensui

硯水けんすい · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kentarō

硯太郎けんたろう · 5 morae

52 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenzan

硯山けんざん · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenzui

硯水けんずい · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Norisuke

硯介のりすけ · 4 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Seiken

青硯せいけん · 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.