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Kanji旨
Kanji reference
旨

旨 in Japanese names

delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will

Strokes6
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
KANJIDIC grade8
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,166This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows34
Distinct written forms33
Given-name readings16
Surname readings12

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

On readings
シ
Kun readings
むねうま.い
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 旨

deliciousrelishshow a liking forpurportwillcleverexpert

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 旨 appears inside recorded Japanese names

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

Given names17 written forms
1 character0
2 characters12
3 characters5
4+ characters0

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

Surnames12 written forms
1 character0
2 characters8
3 characters1
4+ characters3

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 旨 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
隆旨たかしTakashi290
宏旨ひろしHiroshi259
寛旨ひろしHiroshi259
洋旨ひろしHiroshi259
旨子よしこYoshiko206
旨央李しおりShiori178
旨保しほShiho91
伸旨のぶよしNobuyoshi83
与旨久よしひさYoshihisa73
旨郎しろうShirō58
岐旨子きしこKishiko56
希旨子きしこKishiko56

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

10 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
勅旨瓦てしがわらTeshigawara12
勅旨ヶ原てしがわらTeshigawara12
勅旨川原てしがわらTeshigawara12
勅旨河原てしがわらTeshigawara12
旨森むねもりMunemori5
安旨やすむねYasumune4
旨山むねやまMuneyama4
旨田むねたMuneta4
法旨のりむねNorimune4
旨行むねゆきMuneyuki3

“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 旨 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 names18 source rows
One-character form0
First character10
Final character5
Internal position3

17 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames12 source rows
One-character form0
First character4
Final character4
Internal position4

12 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 旨

These characters occur with 旨 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 旨

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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