Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Akari

あかり

Given-name classification varies across source records.

あかりアカリAkari

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings341

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows342

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Akari

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingあかり

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアカリ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAkari

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Akari. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationあ · か · り

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Akari mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Akari”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

あかり

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana characterりKana character

Kana-only spelling

アカリ

Characters and loaded glosses

アKana characterカKana characterリKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか利

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character利profit, advantage, benefit

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか吏

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character吏officer, an official

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか李

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character李plum

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか梨

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character梨pear tree

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか理

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character理logic, arrangement, reason

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか璃

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character璃glassy, lapis lazuli

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか莉

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character莉jasmine

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あか里

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterかKana character里ri, village, parent's home

Kanji spelling

丹梨

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

丹rust-colored, red, red lead梨pear tree

Kanji spelling

丹理

Characters and loaded glosses

丹rust-colored, red, red lead理logic, arrangement, reason

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 342. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Akari is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

あかり · アカリ

Kanji-based spellings340

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms19

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms95

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms226

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

あかり in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms341

343 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 342 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
あかりAkari	341343 source rows	female 342 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 340 · unspecified 1	00 source rows
あがりAgari	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	1111 source rows
あかりAkari	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Akari

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data340

4–46 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms339

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
あかり	Akari	3	342

Recurring first-position kanji

亜Asia, rank next49 forms 明bright, light49 forms 有possess, have32 forms 吾I, my27 forms 安relax, cheap21 forms 愛love, affection21 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

里ri, village80 forms 梨pear tree64 forms 利profit, advantage50 forms 莉jasmine37 forms 理logic, arrangement28 forms 璃glassy, lapis lazuli13 forms

One-character kanji forms

光ray, light1 form 夏summer1 form 彩coloring, paint1 form 明bright, light1 form 星star, spot1 form 月month, moon1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

香里12 analyzed forms 加里8 analyzed forms 花梨8 analyzed forms 亜香8 analyzed forms 佳里7 analyzed forms 花里7 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

3 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading76

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set16

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

光

16 source-recorded readings

Akariあかり · this pageAkiあき Akiraあきら Kiraraきらら Kōこう Kōkaこうか

光里

5 source-recorded readings

Akariあかり · this pageKōriこうり Hikariひかり Misatoみさと Ruriるり

丹梨

2 source-recorded readings

Akariあかり · this pageNiriにり

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Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Akari spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Solo	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
里	ri, village, parent's home	80	0	80	0	0	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
梨	pear tree	64	0	64	0	0	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
明	bright, light	52	49	2	0	1	8	あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
利	profit, advantage, benefit	50	0	50	0	0	7	かが, と, とし, のり +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
亜	Asia, rank next, come after	49	49	0	0	0	7	や, つぎ, つぐ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
香	incense, smell, perfume	38	0	0	38	0	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
莉	jasmine	37	0	37	0	0	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
有	possess, have, exist	32	32	0	0	0	6	あ, あら, あり, ある +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
理	logic, arrangement, reason	28	0	28	0	0	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
花	flower	28	0	1	27	0	7	わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
加	add, addition, increase	27	0	0	27	0	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
吾	I, my, our	27	27	0	0	0	7	あ, あが	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

あかり

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

Characters in order

あKanaかKanaりKana

Exact written form

アカリ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり

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アKanaカKanaリKana

Exact written form

あか利

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana利profit, advantage

Exact written form

あか吏

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana吏officer, an official

Exact written form

あか李

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana李plum

Exact written form

あか梨

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana梨pear tree

Exact written form

あか理

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana理logic, arrangement

Exact written form

あか璃

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana璃glassy, lapis lazuli

Exact written form

あか莉

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

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あKanaかKana莉jasmine

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あか里

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akariあかり · this page

Characters in order

あKanaかKana里ri, village

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 342. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Akari spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

里ri, village, parent's home80 of 342 analyzed forms 梨pear tree64 of 342 analyzed forms 明bright, light52 of 342 analyzed forms 利profit, advantage, benefit50 of 342 analyzed forms 亜Asia, rank next, come after49 of 342 analyzed forms 香incense, smell, perfume38 of 342 analyzed forms 莉jasmine37 of 342 analyzed forms 有possess, have, exist32 of 342 analyzed forms 理logic, arrangement, reason28 of 342 analyzed forms 花flower28 of 342 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Akari

342 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あかり. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

あかり

あかり · Akari

Katakana アカリMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Akari

Extended source depth

How to read Akari

What can Akari mean?

あかり

アカリ

あか利

あか吏

あか李

あか梨

あか理

あか璃

あか莉

あか里

丹梨

丹理

How to read these meanings

How Akari is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Akari

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Akari spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

あかり

アカリ

あか利

あか吏

あか李

あか梨

あか理

あか璃

あか莉

あか里

Kanji recurring across Akari spellings

Explore written forms of Akari

あかり

アカリ

あか利

あか吏

あか李

あか梨

あか理

あか璃

あか莉

あか里

丹梨

丹理

丹璃

丹里

亜伽利

亜伽梨

亜伽里

亜佳利

亜佳梨

亜佳璃

亜佳莉

亜佳里

亜加利

亜加梨

亜加理

亜加莉

亜加里

亜可利

亜可梨

亜可理

亜可莉

亜可里

亜夏利

亜夏梨

亜夏里

亜果利

亜果梨

亜果里

亜架里

亜歌利

亜歌梨

亜歌里

亜科梨

亜花利

亜花李