group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Fuku
フク
Given-name classification varies across source records.
ふくフクFuku
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings11 Source spelling/reading rows12 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 Fuku
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: Fuku. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Fuku 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 “Fuku”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
フク
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
フKana characterクKana character
Kana-only spelling
ふく
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
ふKana characterくKana character
Kanji spelling
不句
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
不矩
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
不空
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
冨久
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
富久
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
富来
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
復
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
福
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
芙玖
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
馥
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
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 Fuku 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.
ふく · フク
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
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.
ふく in the imported JMnedict corpus
12 source spelling/reading rows
5 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ふくFuku | 1112 source rows | female 8 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 7 · unspecified 4 | 55 source rows |
| ふくFuku | 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 Fuku
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.
9–19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ふく | Fuku | 2 | 12 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
8 of 12 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
富久
4 source-recorded readings
富来
3 source-recorded readings
馥
不矩
2 source-recorded readings
FukiふきFukuふく · this page
不空
2 source-recorded readings
Fukuふく · this pageFukūふくう
冨久
2 source-recorded readings
TomihisaとみひさFukuふく · this page
復
2 source-recorded readings
SakaeさかえFukuふく · this page
福
2 source-recorded readings
SakiさきFukuふく · this page
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 Fuku 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 不 | negative, non-, bad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 久 | long time, old story | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 富 | wealth, enrich, abundant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | と, とん, ふっ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 句 | phrase, clause, sentence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | すく | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 矩 | ruler, carpenter's square | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | のり, つね, ただし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 空 | empty, sky, void | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | うつ, き, く | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 冨 | enrich, wealthy, abundant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | と | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 来 | come, due, next | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | くり, くる, ごろ, さ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 復 | restore, return to, revert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 福 | happiness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 芙 | lotus, Mt Fuji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | はす | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 玖 | beautiful black jewel, nine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たま, き, ひさ | 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
フク
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fukuふく
Characters in order
フKanaクKana
Exact written form
ふく
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fukuふく · this page
Characters in order
ふKanaくKana
Exact written form
不句
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fukuふく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
不矩
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
FukiふきFukuふく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
不空
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fukuふく · this pageFukūふくう
Characters in order
Exact written form
冨久
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TomihisaとみひさFukuふく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
富久
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
富来
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
復
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
SakaeさかえFukuふく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
福
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
SakiさきFukuふく · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 12. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Fuku 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.
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Fuku
12 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ふく. 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.
フク
フク · Fuku
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ふく
ふく · Fuku
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
不句
ふく · Fuku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
不矩
ふく · Fuku
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.
不空
ふく · Fuku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
冨久
ふく · Fuku
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.
富久
ふく · Fuku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
富来
ふく · Fuku
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.
復
ふく · Fuku
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.
福
ふく · Fuku
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.
芙玖
ふく · Fuku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
馥
ふく · Fuku
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Spelling comparator
Compare Fuku 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| フク | フク | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ふく | ふく | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 不句 | ふく | 不 — negative, non- · 句 — phrase, clause | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 不矩 | ふく | 不 — negative, non- · 矩 — ruler, carpenter's square | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 不空 | ふく | 不 — negative, non- · 空 — empty, sky | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 冨久 | ふく | 冨 — enrich, wealthy · 久 — long time, old story | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 富久 | ふく | 富 — wealth, enrich · 久 — long time, old story | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 富来 | ふく | 富 — wealth, enrich · 来 — come, due | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 復 | ふく | 復 — restore, return to | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 福 | ふく | 福 — happiness | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 芙玖 | ふく | 芙 — lotus, Mt Fuji · 玖 — beautiful black jewel, nine | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 馥 | ふく | 馥 — perfume | 18 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
What does Fuku 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 ふく
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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20 recorded spellings
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18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFukuko
16 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceFukuo
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceFukuji
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceFukujirō
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceFukuzō
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceFukushi
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFukuyo
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceFukuichi
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceFukunosuke
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceFukutarō
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Fuku
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
Kumiko
久句富来矩空
6 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipFukuko
久冨句富復福
6 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiku
久句来矩空
5 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKumi
久句来矩空
5 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipFukiko
不冨富復来
5 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiku
久句来矩空
5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipFuki
不冨富矩福
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipFukuo
久冨富復福
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipFukuji
久冨富復福
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkumi
久来矩空
4 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkuno
久句矩空
4 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkuko
久句矩空
4 shared kanji · 38 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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