后 in Japanese names
empress, queen, after, behind, back
These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.
English glosses recorded for 后
These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.
How 后 appears inside recorded Japanese names
The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 后 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 后 within the main given names corpus.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 后 within the main surnames corpus.
Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings
12 examplesRecorded surname forms and full-name readings
10 examples“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.
Where 后 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.
36 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
9 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
Kanji recorded alongside 后
These characters occur with 后 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.
Other names using 后
These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.
Given names using 后
18 reading groups shownHiromi
ひろみ
Minori
みのり
Yumi
ゆみ
Ayumi
あゆみ
Miki
みき
Misaki
みさき
Mika
みか
Asami
あさみ
Kimiko
きみこ
Emiko
えみこ
Kiyomi
きよみ
Ayami
あやみ
Hiroko
ひろこ
Kimie
きみえ
Chikako
ちかこ
Natsumi
なつみ
Yōko
ようこ
Yūmi
ゆうみ
Surnames using 后
10 reading groups shownGotō
ごとう
Daigo
だいご
Higo
ひご
Tōgō
とうごう
Tōgo
とうご
Tango
たんご
Goda
ごだ
Kōgō
こうごう
Senkō
せんこう
Iwako
いわこ
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.
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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