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Japanese given name

Hisao

ひさを

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

ひさおヒサオHisao
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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 spellings64

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows65

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Hisao

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ひさお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヒサオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationHisao

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

Mora segmentationひ · さ · お

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 Hisao 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 “Hisao”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ひさを

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
ひKana characterさKana characterをKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ひさ緒

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
ひKana characterさKana character緒thong, beginning, inception
Kanji spelling

一三夫

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
一one, one radical (no.1)三three夫husband, man
Kanji spelling

一三男

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
一one, one radical (no.1)三three男male
Kanji spelling

久勇

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
久long time, old story勇courage, cheer up, be in high spirits
Kanji spelling

久大

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
久long time, old story大large, big
Kanji spelling

久夫

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
久long time, old story夫husband, man
Kanji spelling

久朗

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
久long time, old story朗clear, bright, distinct
Kanji spelling

久沙緒

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
久long time, old story沙sand緒thong, beginning, inception
Kanji spelling

久生

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
久long time, old story生life, genuine, birth
Kanji spelling

久男

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
久long time, old story男male
Kanji spelling

久穂

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
久long time, old story穂ear, ear (grain), head

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 64. 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 Hisao 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

ひさお · ひさを

Kanji-based spellings63

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-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms49

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms13

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

ひさお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms63

64 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 4 · female 7 · unspecified 53

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ひさおHisao6364 source rowsmale 4 · female 7 · unspecified 53source rows · distinct forms: male 4 · female 7 · unspecified 5322 source rows
ひさをHisao11 source rowfemale 1source rows · distinct forms: female 100 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 Hisao 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 formSource readingJMnedict source text
ひさをひさをHisawo

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.

65 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Hisao

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 data63

6–38 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms62

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
ひさおHisao363
ひさをHisao31
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
比佐3 analyzed forms一三2 analyzed forms佐雄2 analyzed forms佐夫2 analyzed forms比左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?

36 of 64 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 checked64

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings36

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading28

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set12

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Hisao 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
夫husband, man14014004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
久long time, old story11110003きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
雄masculine, male, hero110110012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
男male909007みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life990007かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
生life, genuine, birth707005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
尚esteem, furthermore, still770008たか, たかし, ないし, なり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
佐assistant, help600607すけJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
比compare, race, ratio660004い, ぴっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
緒thong, beginning, inception5050014ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
郎son, counter for sons404009いら, お, とう, もん +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
永eternity, long, lengthy440005え, と, のり, ひさ +1Jōyō · 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

ひさを

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hisaoひさを · this page
Characters in order
ひKanaさKanaをKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 64. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Hisao 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.

夫husband, man14 of 64 analyzed forms久long time, old story11 of 64 analyzed forms雄masculine, male, hero11 of 64 analyzed forms男male9 of 64 analyzed forms寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life9 of 64 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth7 of 64 analyzed forms尚esteem, furthermore, still7 of 64 analyzed forms佐assistant, help6 of 64 analyzed forms比compare, race, ratio6 of 64 analyzed forms緒thong, beginning, inception5 of 64 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Hisao

63 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ひさお. 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.

ひさを

ひさを · Hisao

Katakana ヒサヲMorae 3Strokes —

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

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Spelling comparator

Compare Hisao 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
ひさをひさをKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ひさ緒ひさお緒 — thong, beginning14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一三夫ひさお一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 三 — three · 夫 — husband, man8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一三男ひさお一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 三 — three · 男 — male11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久勇ひさお久 — long time, old story · 勇 — courage, cheer up12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久大ひさお久 — long time, old story · 大 — large, big6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久夫ひさお久 — long time, old story · 夫 — husband, man7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久朗ひさお久 — long time, old story · 朗 — clear, bright14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久沙緒ひさお久 — long time, old story · 沙 — sand · 緒 — thong, beginning24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久生ひさお久 — long time, old story · 生 — life, genuine8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久男ひさお久 — long time, old story · 男 — male10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久穂ひさお久 — long time, old story · 穂 — ear, ear (grain)18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久遠ひさお久 — long time, old story · 遠 — distant, far16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久郎ひさお久 — long time, old story · 郎 — son, counter for sons12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久雄ひさお久 — long time, old story · 雄 — masculine, male15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公雄ひさお公 — public, prince · 雄 — masculine, male16All 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 Hisao 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 ひさ

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

Hisako

108 recorded spellings

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Hisae

80 recorded spellings

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Hisashi

66 recorded spellings

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Hisayo

42 recorded spellings

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Hisayoshi

39 recorded spellings

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Hisami

38 recorded spellings

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Hisa

34 recorded spellings

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Hisaki

31 recorded spellings

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Hisanori

27 recorded spellings

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Hisato

26 recorded spellings

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Hisaka

20 recorded spellings

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Hisano

19 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Hisao

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

Yoshio

夫寿尚生男緒雄

7 shared kanji · 224 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masao

佐夫寿生男緒雄

7 shared kanji · 119 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kusuo

久夫寿生男緒雄

7 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings

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Toshio

夫寿生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 132 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takao

夫尚生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 104 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasuo

夫寿生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 82 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuo

夫寿生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hirō

夫比生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isao

佐夫生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kunio

久夫生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hideo

夫比生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kikuo

久夫生男緒雄

6 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Hisao

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Exact reading

Search ひさお

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Hi / ひ

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夫 — husband, man

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久 — long time, old story

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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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