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Kanji乎
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乎

乎 in Japanese names

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Strokes5
ClassificationJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
KANJIDIC grade9
Name readings (nanori)0
JMnedict source rows12
Distinct written forms12
Given-name readings12
Surname readings0

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
コオ
Kun readings
かああかなやよを
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 乎

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These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 乎 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 乎 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names11 written forms
1 character0
2 characters6
3 characters5
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 乎 within the main given names corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

11 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
和乎かずこKazuko176
耀乎ようこYōko98
瑛衣乎えいこEiko98
比呂乎ひろおHirō92
躬乎子みやこMiyako78
魔乎まこMako66
恕乎ひろやHiroya50
淳乎じゅんこJunko44
水乎子みをこMioko44
郁乎いくやIkuya14
沙里乎さりこSariko4

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 乎 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names11 source rows
One-character form0
First character0
Final character9
Internal position2

11 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 乎

These characters occur with 乎 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 乎

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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