機 in Japanese names
loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity
These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.
English glosses recorded for 機
These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.
How 機 appears inside recorded Japanese names
The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 機 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 機 within the main given names corpus.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 機 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 機 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.
38 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
17 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
Kanji recorded alongside 機
These characters occur with 機 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 機
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 機
18 reading groups shownMasaki
まさき
Hiroki
ひろき
Kazuki
かずき
Toshiki
としき
Tomoki
ともき
Hideki
ひでき
Eiki
えいき
Kōki
こうき
Yoshiki
よしき
Haruki
はるき
Kieko
きえこ
Seiki
せいき
Iori
いおり
Kiki
きき
Toshinori
としのり
Shigeki
しげき
Ayuki
あゆき
Naoki
なおき
Surnames using 機
12 reading groups shownShizuhata
しずはた
Kidō
きどう
Miki
みき
Kida
きだ
Hata
はた
Kimoto
きもと
Kino
きの
Yoshiki
よしき
Kido
きど
Ki
き
Ōhata
おおはた
Kiya
きや
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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