福 in Japanese names
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These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.
English glosses recorded for 福
These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.
How 福 appears inside recorded Japanese names
The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 福 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 福 within the main given names corpus.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 福 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 福 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.
86 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
189 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
Kanji recorded alongside 福
These characters occur with 福 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 福
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 福
18 reading groups shownFukue
ふくえ
Fukuo
ふくお
Fukuji
ふくじ
Fukuzō
ふくぞう
Fusako
ふさこ
Tomio
とみお
Yoshitomi
よしとみ
Fukujirō
ふくじろう
Fukushi
ふくし
Fukunosuke
ふくのすけ
Fukushirō
ふくしろう
Keifuku
けいふく
Yoshio
よしお
Yoshinori
よしのり
Saki
さき
Toshio
としお
Yoshiyuki
よしゆき
Fumie
ふみえ
Surnames using 福
12 reading groups shownFukuyo
ふくよ
Fukuma
ふくま
Fukumasu
ふくます
Fukuyoshi
ふくよし
Fukui
ふくい
Fukuya
ふくや
Fukue
ふくえ
Fukumi
ふくみ
Fukuzumi
ふくずみ
Fukuba
ふくば
Fukuzaki
ふくざき
Fukuo
ふくお
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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