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Kanji申
Kanji reference
申

申 in Japanese names

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Strokes5
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
KANJIDIC grade3
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 492This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows64
Distinct written forms61
Given-name readings37
Surname readings21

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

On readings
シン
Kun readings
もう.すもう.し-さる
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 申

have the honor tosign of the monkey3-5PMninth sign of Chinese zodiac

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 申 appears inside recorded Japanese names

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

Given names39 written forms
1 character1
2 characters32
3 characters6
4+ characters0

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

Surnames11 written forms
1 character1
2 characters10
3 characters0
4+ characters0

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

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
申律子のりこNoriko174
好申よしのぶYoshinobu129
芳申よしのぶYoshinobu129
申夫のぶおNobuo109
詩申しのぶShinobu97
申二しんじShinji96
申次しんじShinji96
申治しんじShinji96
申一郎しんいちろうShin'ichirō91
伝申つぐみTsugumi84
申子のぶこNobuko82
申恵のぶえNobue65

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

10 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
申しんShin23
申谷しんたにShintani11
庚申こうしんKōshin8
申すうSū6
申賀しんがShinga6
田申たもうTamō5
申原のぶはらNobuhara4
申畑しんはたShinhata4
申川さるかわSarukawa3
申橋さるはしSaruhashi3

“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 申 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 names40 source rows
One-character form1
First character30
Final character9
Internal position0

39 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames12 source rows
One-character form2
First character7
Final character3
Internal position0

11 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 申

These characters occur with 申 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 申

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 申

18 reading groups shown
Given-name reading
申二

Shinji

しんじ

3 recorded spellings using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申恵

Nobue

のぶえ

3 recorded spellings using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
好申

Yoshinobu

よしのぶ

2 recorded spellings using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申伍

Shingo

しんご

2 recorded spellings using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申律子

Noriko

のりこ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申夫

Nobuo

のぶお

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
詩申

Shinobu

しのぶ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申一郎

Shin'ichirō

しんいちろう

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
伝申

Tsugumi

つぐみ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申子

Nobuko

のぶこ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
保申

Yasunobu

やすのぶ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申也

Shin'ya

しんや

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申孝

Nobutaka

のぶたか

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申代

Nobuyo

のぶよ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申一

Shin'ichi

しんいち

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申彦

Nobuhiko

のぶひこ

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申子男

Kaneo

かねお

1 recorded spelling using 申 · Explore →
Given-name reading
申

Shin

しん

1 recorded spelling using 申 · 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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