group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Hana
ハナ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
はなハナHana
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings94 Source spelling/reading rows95 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 Hana
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: Hana. 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 Hana 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 “Hana”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
ハナ
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
ハKana characterナKana character
Kana-only spelling
はな
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
はKana characterなKana character
Kanji spelling
一愛
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
一花
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
八菜
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
初奈
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
初花
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
初菜
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
初那
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
南花
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.
Kanji spelling
咲花
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
咲華
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 95. 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 Hana 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.
はな · ハナ
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.
はな in the imported JMnedict corpus
95 source spelling/reading rows
7 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| はなHana | 9495 source rows | female 94 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 93 · unspecified 1 | 77 source rows |
| はなHana | 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.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Hana records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| ハナ | はな | Hana (Hawaii) |
| ハナ | はな | Hanna (Canada) |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
94 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Hana
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.
7–26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| はな | Hana | 2 | 95 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
53 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.
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
英
華
一愛
花
芳
一花
花子
9 source-recorded readings
花咲
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 Hana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 花 | flower | 21 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 羽 | feathers, counter for birds, rabbits | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | しゅう, ば | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | よ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 波 | waves, billows, Poland | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ひら, みな, みなみ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 那 | what? | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 華 | splendor, flower, petal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 南 | south | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | なみ, は, みな, みまみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 夏 | summer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 初 | first time, beginning | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | し, はっ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 巴 | comma-design | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | とも | 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
ハナ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hanaはな
Characters in order
ハKanaナKana
Exact written form
はな
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hanaはな · this page
Characters in order
はKanaなKana
Exact written form
一愛
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
一花
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
八菜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hanaはな · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 八菜 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
初奈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
初花
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
初菜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
初那
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
南花
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 95. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Hana 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.
花flower21 of 95 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens14 of 95 analyzed forms羽feathers, counter for birds, rabbits12 of 95 analyzed forms奈Nara, what?11 of 95 analyzed forms葉leaf, plane, lobe11 of 95 analyzed forms波waves, billows, Poland10 of 95 analyzed forms那what?9 of 95 analyzed forms華splendor, flower, petal9 of 95 analyzed forms南south7 of 95 analyzed forms夏summer5 of 95 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Hana
95 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading はな. 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.
ハナ
ハナ · Hana
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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はな
はな · Hana
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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一愛
はな · Hana
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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一花
はな · Hana
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八菜
はな · Hana
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初奈
はな · Hana
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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初花
はな · Hana
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初菜
はな · Hana
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初那
はな · Hana
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南花
はな · Hana
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咲花
はな · Hana
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咲華
はな · Hana
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巴南
はな · Hana
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巴奈
はな · Hana
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巴菜
はな · Hana
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巴那
はな · Hana
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帆南
はな · Hana
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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彩花
はな · Hana
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彩那
はな · Hana
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把茄
はな · Hana
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映凪
はな · Hana
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映奈
はな · Hana
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映菜
はな · Hana
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春成
はな · Hana
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春波
はな · Hana
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春花
はな · Hana
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晴菜
はな · Hana
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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曄
はな · Hana
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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波南
はな · Hana
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波名
はな · Hana
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波夏
はな · Hana
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波奈
はな · Hana
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波成
はな · Hana
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波菜
はな · Hana
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波那
はな · Hana
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畔成
はな · Hana
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畔波
はな · Hana
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畔菜
はな · Hana
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百紅
はな · Hana
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端
はな · Hana
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羽凪
はな · Hana
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羽南
はな · Hana
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羽名
はな · Hana
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羽和
はな · Hana
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羽夏
はな · Hana
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羽奈
はな · Hana
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羽捺
はな · Hana
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羽波
はな · Hana
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羽菜
はな · Hana
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羽虹
はな · Hana
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羽那
はな · Hana
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羽魚
はな · Hana
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翔奈
はな · Hana
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芭
はな · Hana
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芭菜
はな · Hana
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花
はな · Hana
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花優
はな · Hana
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花凪
はな · Hana
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花南
はな · Hana
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花咲
はな · Hana
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花夏
はな · Hana
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花奈
はな · Hana
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花子
はな · Hana
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花心
はな · Hana
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花梨
はな · Hana
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花渚
はな · Hana
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花菜
はな · Hana
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花華
はな · Hana
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花那
はな · Hana
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芳
はな · Hana
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英
はな · Hana
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英名
はな · Hana
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英奈
はな · Hana
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英菜
はな · Hana
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華
はな · Hana
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華凪
はな · Hana
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華和
はな · Hana
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華夏
はな · Hana
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華奈
はな · Hana
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華菜
はな · Hana
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 95 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 94 distinct written spellings.
Spelling comparator
Compare Hana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ハナ | ハナ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| はな | はな | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 一愛 | はな | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 愛 — love, affection | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 一花 | はな | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 花 — flower | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八菜 | はな | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 初奈 | はな | 初 — first time, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what? | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 初花 | はな | 初 — first time, beginning · 花 — flower | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 初菜 | はな | 初 — first time, beginning · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 初那 | はな | 初 — first time, beginning · 那 — what? | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 南花 | はな | 南 — south · 花 — flower | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲花 | はな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 花 — flower | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲華 | はな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 華 — splendor, flower | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巴南 | はな | 巴 — comma-design · 南 — south | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巴奈 | はな | 巴 — comma-design · 奈 — Nara, what? | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巴菜 | はな | 巴 — comma-design · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巴那 | はな | 巴 — comma-design · 那 — what? | 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 Hana 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 はな
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
Hanako
74 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanae
44 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanami
21 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanaka
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanayo
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanano
15 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanao
14 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanabi
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanari
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanai
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanaki
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceHanana
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Hana
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
Haruna
南夏奈波羽花菜華葉那
10 shared kanji · 101 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHanako
南夏奈波羽花菜華葉那
10 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipWakana
南夏奈羽花菜華葉那
9 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanoha
南夏奈波羽花菜華葉
9 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKana
南夏奈波花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 112 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanae
南夏奈波花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 99 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanami
南夏奈波花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 90 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHina
南夏奈羽花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNamika
南夏奈波花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKayana
南夏奈波花菜華那
8 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanaha
奈波羽花菜華葉那
8 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHanano
奈波羽花菜華葉那
8 shared kanji · 11 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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