Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Asayo

アサヨ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

あさよアサヨAsayo

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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 spellings72

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows73

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Asayo

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あさよ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアサヨ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAsayo

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

Mora segmentationあ · さ · よ

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 Asayo 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 “Asayo”, 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

アサヨ

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

アKana characterサKana characterヨKana character

Kana-only spelling

あさよ

Characters and loaded glosses

あKana characterさKana characterよKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あさ代

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さKana character代substitute, change, convert

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あさ依

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さKana character依reliant, depend on, consequently

Kanji spelling

亜佐世

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

亜Asia, rank next, come after佐assistant, help世generation, world, society

Kanji spelling

亜佐代

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after佐assistant, help代substitute, change, convert

Kanji spelling

亜作世

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after作make, production, prepare世generation, world, society

Kanji spelling

亜作代

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after作make, production, prepare代substitute, change, convert

Kanji spelling

亜左世

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after左left世generation, world, society

Kanji spelling

亜左代

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after左left代substitute, change, convert

Kanji spelling

亜彩世

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after彩coloring, paint, makeup世generation, world, society

Kanji spelling

亜彩代

Characters and loaded glosses

亜Asia, rank next, come after彩coloring, paint, makeup代substitute, change, convert

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 73. 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 Asayo 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

あさよ · アサヨ

Kanji-based spellings71

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 forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms14

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms55

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 + surname

あさよ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms72

73 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms4

4 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 72 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
あさよAsayo	7273 source rows	female 72 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 71 · unspecified 1	44 source rows
あさよAsayo	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 Asayo

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 data71

5–27 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms71

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
あさよ	Asayo	3	73

Recurring first-position kanji

亜Asia, rank next18 forms 安relax, cheap18 forms 阿Africa, flatter18 forms 朝morning, dynasty4 forms 麻hemp, flax4 forms 旦daybreak, dawn2 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

世generation, world33 forms 代substitute, change32 forms 陽sunshine, yang principle2 forms 依reliant, depend on1 form 羊sheep1 form 洋ocean, sea1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

佐世3 analyzed forms 佐代3 analyzed forms 作世3 analyzed forms 作代3 analyzed forms 左世3 analyzed forms 左代3 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?

9 of 73 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 checked73

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings9

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading63

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set4

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

麻代

4 source-recorded readings

Asayoあさよ · this pageMasayoまさよ Mashiroましろ Mayoまよ

朝陽

3 source-recorded readings

AsahiあさひAsayoあさよ · this pageHikariひかり

麻陽

3 source-recorded readings

AsahiあさひAsayoあさよ · this pageMahiruまひる

旭世

2 source-recorded readings

AkiyoあきよAsayoあさよ · this page

晨世

2 source-recorded readings

AkiyoあきよAsayoあさよ · this page

朝世

2 source-recorded readings

Asayoあさよ · this pageTomoyoともよ

朝代

2 source-recorded readings

Asayoあさよ · this pageTomoyoともよ

麻世

2 source-recorded readings

Asayoあさよ · this pageMayoまよ

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 Asayo 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
世	generation, world, society	33	0	33	0	5	とし, ゆ, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
代	substitute, change, convert	32	0	32	0	5	す	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
亜	Asia, rank next, come after	18	18	0	0	7	や, つぎ, つぐ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
安	relax, cheap, low	18	18	0	0	6	あ, あす, あず, あっ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
阿	Africa, flatter, fawn upon	18	18	0	0	8	ほとり, あず, あわ, おか +2	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
佐	assistant, help	6	0	0	6	7	すけ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
作	make, production, prepare	6	0	0	6	7	くり, さか, さっ, づくり +4	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
左	left	6	0	0	6	5	そ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
彩	coloring, paint, makeup	6	0	0	6	11	あや, さ, さえ, つや	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
早	early, fast	6	0	0	6	6	さか, さわ, そ, わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
沙	sand	6	0	0	6	7	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
瑳	polish, brilliant white luster of a gem, artful smile	6	0	0	6	14	—	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

アサヨ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ

Characters in order

アKanaサKanaヨKana

Exact written form

あさよ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

あKanaさKanaよKana

Exact written form

あさ代

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

あKanaさKana代substitute, change

Exact written form

あさ依

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

あKanaさKana依reliant, depend on

Exact written form

亜佐世

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next佐assistant, help世generation, world

Exact written form

亜佐代

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next佐assistant, help代substitute, change

Exact written form

亜作世

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next作make, production世generation, world

Exact written form

亜作代

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next作make, production代substitute, change

Exact written form

亜左世

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next左left世generation, world

Exact written form

亜左代

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asayoあさよ · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next左left代substitute, change

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 73. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Asayo 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.

世generation, world, society33 of 73 analyzed forms 代substitute, change, convert32 of 73 analyzed forms 亜Asia, rank next, come after18 of 73 analyzed forms 安relax, cheap, low18 of 73 analyzed forms 阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon18 of 73 analyzed forms 佐assistant, help6 of 73 analyzed forms 作make, production, prepare6 of 73 analyzed forms 左left6 of 73 analyzed forms 彩coloring, paint, makeup6 of 73 analyzed forms 早early, fast6 of 73 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Asayo

73 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あさよ. 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.

アサヨ

アサヨ · Asayo

Katakana アサヨMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Asayo

Extended source depth

How to read Asayo

What can Asayo mean?

アサヨ

あさよ

あさ代

あさ依

亜佐世

亜佐代

亜作世

亜作代

亜左世

亜左代

亜彩世

亜彩代

How to read these meanings

How Asayo is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Asayo

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Asayo spellings

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

アサヨ

あさよ

あさ代

あさ依

亜佐世

亜佐代

亜作世

亜作代

亜左世

亜左代

Kanji recurring across Asayo spellings

Explore written forms of Asayo

アサヨ

あさよ

あさ代

あさ依

亜佐世

亜佐代

亜作世

亜作代

亜左世

亜左代

亜彩世

亜彩代

亜早世

亜早代

亜沙世

亜沙代

亜瑳世

亜瑳代

亜砂世

亜砂代

亜紗世

亜紗代

安佐世

安佐代

安作世

安作代

安左世

安左代

安彩世

安彩代

安早世

安早代

安沙世

安沙代

安瑳世

安瑳代

安砂世

安砂代

安紗世

安紗代

愛小羊

旦世

旦代

旭世

晨世