group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Akihito
亜希人
Given-name classification varies across source records.
あきひとアキヒトAkihito
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings35 Source spelling/reading rows35 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Akihito
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Akihito. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
4 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Akihito 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 “Akihito”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
亜希人
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
Kanji spelling
仁人
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
Kanji spelling
哲人
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
Kanji spelling
啓人
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
Kanji spelling
彰一
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
Kanji spelling
彰人
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
Kanji spelling
彰仁
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
Kanji spelling
愛仁
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
Kanji spelling
揚士
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
Kanji spelling
明一
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
Kanji spelling
明人
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
Kanji spelling
明仁
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 35. 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 Akihito 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.
あきひと
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
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.
あきひと in the imported JMnedict corpus
35 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| あきひとAkihito | 3535 source rows | male 14 · unspecified 21source rows · distinct forms: male 14 · unspecified 21 | 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 Akihito
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.
6–25 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| あきひと | Akihito | 4 | 35 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
26 of 35 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
愛仁
16 source-recorded readings
哲人
6 source-recorded readings
仁人
5 source-recorded readings
明史
5 source-recorded readings
昭一
5 source-recorded readings
陽人
5 source-recorded readings
彰一
4 source-recorded readings
明一
4 source-recorded readings
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.
Kanji role reference
How recurring characters function across Akihito 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | person | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | じ, と, ね, ひこ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 仁 | humanity, virtue, benevolence | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | きみ, く, さと, しのぶ +10 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | かず, い, いっ, いる +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 明 | bright, light | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 昭 | shining, bright | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あき, あきら, かず, かずみ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 彰 | patent, clear | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | あき, あきら | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 秋 | autumn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あい | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 章 | badge, chapter, composition | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あき, あきら, あや, ふみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 士 | gentleman, scholar, samurai | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | お, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 晃 | clear | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | あき, あきら, てる, ひかる +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 亜 | Asia, rank next, come after | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | や, つぎ, つぐ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
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
亜希人
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
AkitoあきとAkihitoあきひと · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
仁人
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
哲人
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
啓人
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
彰一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
彰人
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
AkitoあきとAkihitoあきひと · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
彰仁
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Akihitoあきひと · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
愛仁
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
揚士
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Akihitoあきひと · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
明一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 35. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Akihito 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.
人person12 of 35 analyzed forms仁humanity, virtue, benevolence10 of 35 analyzed forms一one, one radical (no.1)7 of 35 analyzed forms明bright, light4 of 35 analyzed forms昭shining, bright4 of 35 analyzed forms彰patent, clear3 of 35 analyzed forms秋autumn3 of 35 analyzed forms章badge, chapter, composition3 of 35 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai2 of 35 analyzed forms史history, chronicle2 of 35 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Akihito
35 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あきひと. 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.
亜希人
あきひと · Akihito
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
仁人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
哲人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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啓人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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彰一
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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彰人
あきひと · Akihito
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彰仁
あきひと · Akihito
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愛仁
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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揚士
あきひと · Akihito
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明一
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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明人
あきひと · Akihito
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明仁
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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明史
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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映公
あきひと · Akihito
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昭一
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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昭人
あきひと · Akihito
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昭仁
あきひと · Akihito
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昭吾
あきひと · Akihito
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晃一
あきひと · Akihito
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晃史
あきひと · Akihito
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晶一
あきひと · Akihito
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暁士
あきひと · Akihito
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朗人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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玲人
あきひと · Akihito
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璋仁
あきひと · Akihito
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瞳日月
あきひと · Akihito
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祥仁
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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秋一
あきひと · Akihito
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秋人
あきひと · Akihito
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秋仁
あきひと · Akihito
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章一
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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章人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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章仁
あきひと · Akihito
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陽人
あきひと · Akihito
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
顕仁
あきひと · Akihito
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Spelling comparator
Compare Akihito forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亜希人 | あきひと | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 希 — hope, beg · 人 — person | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仁人 | あきひと | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 人 — person | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 哲人 | あきひと | 哲 — philosophy, clear · 人 — person | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啓人 | あきひと | 啓 — disclose, open · 人 — person | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彰一 | あきひと | 彰 — patent, clear · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彰人 | あきひと | 彰 — patent, clear · 人 — person | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彰仁 | あきひと | 彰 — patent, clear · 仁 — humanity, virtue | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛仁 | あきひと | 愛 — love, affection · 仁 — humanity, virtue | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 揚士 | あきひと | 揚 — raise, elevate · 士 — gentleman, scholar | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 明一 | あきひと | 明 — bright, light · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 明人 | あきひと | 明 — bright, light · 人 — person | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 明仁 | あきひと | 明 — bright, light · 仁 — humanity, virtue | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 明史 | あきひと | 明 — bright, light · 史 — history, chronicle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 映公 | あきひと | 映 — reflect, reflection · 公 — public, prince | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 昭一 | あきひと | 昭 — shining, bright · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 昭人 | あきひと | 昭 — shining, bright · 人 — person | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Akihito mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
Related readings
More names beginning with あき
Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
Given name · female · limited reference
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394 recorded spellings
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288 recorded spellings
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287 recorded spellings
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281 recorded spellings
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229 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceAkira
219 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceAkiyo
183 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceAkio
152 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceAkiho
149 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceAkino
127 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceAkika
110 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceAkihiro
109 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Akihito
These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.
Given-name relationship
Akira
一史士彰明昭秋章
8 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkihiro
仁士彰明昭秋章
7 shared kanji · 50 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkito
人士彰明昭秋章
7 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiroaki
仁彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 80 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkimi
仁彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkinori
仁彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkio
仁彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiko
一彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuaki
一彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōji
仁史士彰昭章
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoaki
士彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkinobu
史彰明昭秋章
6 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Evidence on this page
What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
Source boundary
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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