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Kanji幽
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幽

幽 in Japanese names

seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded

Strokes9
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
KANJIDIC grade8
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,996This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows45
Distinct written forms40
Given-name readings31
Surname readings5

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

On readings
ユウ
Kun readings
ふか.いかす.かくら.いしろ.い
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 幽

secludeconfine to a roomdeepprofoundsecludedfaintdarktranquilcalm

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 幽 appears inside recorded Japanese names

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

Given names32 written forms
1 character0
2 characters27
3 characters5
4+ characters0

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

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
幽紀ゆきYuki263
幽香ゆかYuka239
幽花ゆうかYūka215
幽香ゆうかYūka215
幽水ゆみYumi146
芳幽貴よしゆきYoshiyuki145
幽子ゆうこYūko138
幽夏子ゆかこYukako113
幽香子ゆかこYukako113
幽美ゆうみYūmi98
幽光ゆうこうYūkō70
幽考ゆうこうYūkō70

“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 幽 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 names34 source rows
One-character form0
First character30
Final character3
Internal position1

32 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 幽

These characters occur with 幽 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 幽

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 幽

18 reading groups shown
Given-name reading
幽光

Yūkō

ゆうこう

4 recorded spellings using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽桂

Yūkei

ゆうけい

4 recorded spellings using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽花

Yūka

ゆうか

2 recorded spellings using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽夏子

Yukako

ゆかこ

2 recorded spellings using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽峰

Yūhō

ゆうほう

2 recorded spellings using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽紀

Yuki

ゆき

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽香

Yuka

ゆか

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽水

Yumi

ゆみ

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
芳幽貴

Yoshiyuki

よしゆき

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽子

Yūko

ゆうこ

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽美

Yūmi

ゆうみ

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽也

Yūya

ゆうや

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽雅

Yūga

ゆうが

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽松

Yūshō

ゆうしょう

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽一郎

Yūichirō

ゆういちろう

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
静幽

Seiyū

せいゆう

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽平

Yūhei

ゆうへい

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
Given-name reading
幽斎

Yūsai

ゆうさい

1 recorded spelling using 幽 · Explore →
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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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