絹 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 絹
These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.
How 絹 appears inside recorded Japanese names
The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 絹 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 絹 within the main given names corpus.
Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 絹 within the main surnames corpus.
Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings
12 examplesRecorded surname forms and full-name readings
9 examples“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.
Where 絹 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.
49 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
9 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.
Kanji recorded alongside 絹
These characters occur with 絹 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 絹
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 絹
18 reading groups shownKinue
きぬえ
Kinuka
きぬか
Kinuyo
きぬよ
Makinu
まきぬ
Seshiru
せしる
Shiruku
しるく
Miki
みき
Masami
まさみ
Kinuru
きぬる
Akina
あきな
Yuki
ゆき
Saki
さき
Maki
まき
Keiko
けいこ
Masako
まさこ
Masayo
まさよ
Ken'ichirō
けんいちろう
Kei
けい
Surnames using 絹
8 reading groups shownKinuwa
きぬわ
Kimoto
きもと
Kinuta
きぬた
Kinugasa
きぬがさ
Kinuhata
きぬはた
Kinugawa
きぬがわ
Kinui
きぬい
Kinusawa
きぬさわ
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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