Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Gentarō

元多朗

Male-classified given-name records.

げんたろうゲンタロウGentarō

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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 spellings23

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows23

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Gentarō

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げんたろう

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formゲンタロウ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationGentarō

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

Mora segmentationげ · ん · た · ろ · う

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Gentarō 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 “Gentarō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

元多朗

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

元beginning, former time, origin多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

元多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

元beginning, former time, origin多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

元太朗

Characters and loaded glosses

元beginning, former time, origin太plump, thick, big around朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

元太郎

Characters and loaded glosses

元beginning, former time, origin太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

厳多朗

Characters and loaded glosses

厳stern, strictness, severity多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

厳多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

厳stern, strictness, severity多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

厳太朗

Characters and loaded glosses

厳stern, strictness, severity太plump, thick, big around朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

厳太郎

Characters and loaded glosses

厳stern, strictness, severity太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

弦多朗

Characters and loaded glosses

弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

弦多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

弦太朗

Characters and loaded glosses

弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse太plump, thick, big around朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

弦太郎

Characters and loaded glosses

弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 23. 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 Gentarō 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 readings1

げんたろう

Kanji-based spellings23

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters5

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae5

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

3-kanji forms23

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 asNo additional class found

げんたろう in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
けんたろうKentarō	7475 source rows	male 74 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: male 73 · unspecified 1	00 source rows
げんたろうGentarō	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 Gentarō

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 data23

17–34 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms23

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
げんたろう	Gentarō	5	23

Recurring first-position kanji

源source, origin5 forms 元beginning, former time4 forms 厳stern, strictness4 forms 弦bowstring, chord4 forms 玄mysterious, occultness4 forms 拳fist1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

郎son, counter for sons12 forms 朗clear, bright10 forms 良good, pleasing1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

太郎7 analyzed forms 多朗5 analyzed forms 多郎5 analyzed forms 太朗5 analyzed forms 源太3 analyzed forms 元多2 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 23 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 checked23

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading20

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

元太郎

2 source-recorded readings

Gentarōげんたろう · this pageMototarōもとたろう

厳太郎

2 source-recorded readings

IzutarōいずたろうGentarōげんたろう · this page

拳太郎

2 source-recorded readings

Gentarōげんたろう · this pageKentarōけんたろう

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 Gentarō 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
太	plump, thick, big around	13	0	0	13	4	おお, たか, ひろ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
郎	son, counter for sons	12	0	12	0	9	いら, お, とう, もん +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
多	many, frequent, much	10	0	0	10	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
朗	clear, bright, distinct	10	0	10	0	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
源	source, origin	5	5	0	0	13	はら, みな, もと	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
元	beginning, former time, origin	4	4	0	0	4	ちか, はじめ, はる, ゆき +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
厳	stern, strictness, severity	4	4	0	0	17	いつ, いづ, きゅうら, とし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
弦	bowstring, chord, hypotenuse	4	4	0	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
玄	mysterious, occultness, black	4	4	0	0	5	けん, はる, はるか	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
拳	fist	1	1	0	0	10	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
良	good, pleasing, skilled	1	0	1	0	7	じ, なが, まこと, よし +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
現	present, existing, actual	1	1	0	0	11	あきら, きら	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5

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

元多朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

元beginning, former time多many, frequent朗clear, bright

Exact written form

元多郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

元beginning, former time多many, frequent郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

元太朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

元beginning, former time太plump, thick朗clear, bright

Exact written form

元太郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this pageMototarōもとたろう

Characters in order

元beginning, former time太plump, thick郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

厳多朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

厳stern, strictness多many, frequent朗clear, bright

Exact written form

厳多郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

厳stern, strictness多many, frequent郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

厳太朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

厳stern, strictness太plump, thick朗clear, bright

Exact written form

厳太郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

IzutarōいずたろうGentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

厳stern, strictness太plump, thick郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

弦多朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

弦bowstring, chord多many, frequent朗clear, bright

Exact written form

弦多郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Gentarōげんたろう · this page

Characters in order

弦bowstring, chord多many, frequent郎son, counter for sons

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 23. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Gentarō 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.

太plump, thick, big around13 of 23 analyzed forms 郎son, counter for sons12 of 23 analyzed forms 多many, frequent, much10 of 23 analyzed forms 朗clear, bright, distinct10 of 23 analyzed forms 源source, origin5 of 23 analyzed forms 元beginning, former time, origin4 of 23 analyzed forms 厳stern, strictness, severity4 of 23 analyzed forms 弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse4 of 23 analyzed forms 玄mysterious, occultness, black4 of 23 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Gentarō

23 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading げんたろう. 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.

元多朗

げんたろう · Gentarō

Katakana ゲンタロウMorae 5Strokes 21

元beginning, former time, origin 多many, frequent, much 朗clear, bright, distinct

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
元多朗	げんたろう	元 — beginning, former time · 多 — many, frequent · 朗 — clear, bright	21	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
元多郎	げんたろう	元 — beginning, former time · 多 — many, frequent · 郎 — son, counter for sons	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
元太朗	げんたろう	元 — beginning, former time · 太 — plump, thick · 朗 — clear, bright	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
元太郎	げんたろう	元 — beginning, former time · 太 — plump, thick · 郎 — son, counter for sons	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
厳多朗	げんたろう	厳 — stern, strictness · 多 — many, frequent · 朗 — clear, bright	34	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
厳多郎	げんたろう	厳 — stern, strictness · 多 — many, frequent · 郎 — son, counter for sons	32	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
厳太朗	げんたろう	厳 — stern, strictness · 太 — plump, thick · 朗 — clear, bright	32	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
厳太郎	げんたろう	厳 — stern, strictness · 太 — plump, thick · 郎 — son, counter for sons	30	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
弦多朗	げんたろう	弦 — bowstring, chord · 多 — many, frequent · 朗 — clear, bright	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
弦多郎	げんたろう	弦 — bowstring, chord · 多 — many, frequent · 郎 — son, counter for sons	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
弦太朗	げんたろう	弦 — bowstring, chord · 太 — plump, thick · 朗 — clear, bright	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
弦太郎	げんたろう	弦 — bowstring, chord · 太 — plump, thick · 郎 — son, counter for sons	21	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
拳太郎	げんたろう	拳 — fist · 太 — plump, thick · 郎 — son, counter for sons	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
源多朗	げんたろう	源 — source, origin · 多 — many, frequent · 朗 — clear, bright	30	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
源多郎	げんたろう	源 — source, origin · 多 — many, frequent · 郎 — son, counter for sons	28	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
源太朗	げんたろう	源 — source, origin · 太 — plump, thick · 朗 — clear, bright	28	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Gentarō

Extended source depth

How to read Gentarō

What can Gentarō mean?

元多朗

元多郎

元太朗

元太郎

厳多朗

厳多郎

厳太朗

厳太郎

弦多朗

弦多郎

弦太朗

弦太郎

How to read these meanings

How Gentarō is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Gentarō

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Gentarō spellings

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

元多朗

元多郎

元太朗

元太郎

厳多朗

厳多郎

厳太朗

厳太郎

弦多朗

弦多郎

Kanji recurring across Gentarō spellings

Explore written forms of Gentarō

元多朗

元多郎

元太朗

元太郎

厳多朗

厳多郎

厳太朗

厳太郎

弦多朗

弦多郎

弦太朗

弦太郎

拳太郎

源多朗

源多郎

源太朗

源太良

源太郎

玄多朗

玄多郎

玄太朗

玄太郎

現太郎

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What does Gentarō mean?

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