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Canonical reference record
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Japanese given name

Ikkō

イッコウ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

いっこうイッコウIkkō
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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 spellings20

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows20

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Ikkō

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いっこう

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイッコウ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationIkkō

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

Mora segmentationい · っ · こ · う

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Ikkō 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 “Ikkō”, 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

イッコウ

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
イKana characterッKana characterコKana characterウKana character
Kanji spelling

一光

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

一公

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

一孝

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

一幸

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

一康

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

一弘

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

一晃

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

一港

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

一甲

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

一考

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

一耕

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.

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 20. 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 Ikkō 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

いっこう · イッコウ

Kanji-based spellings19

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms19

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 asSurname

いっこう in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
いつこうItsukō2121 source rowsfemale 1 · unspecified 20source rows · distinct forms: female 1 · unspecified 2000 source rows
いっこうIkkō00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —22 source rows
いっこうIkkō00 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 Ikkō

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 data19

5–19 strokes observed span

Median total strokes11

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms18

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
いっこうIkkō420
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

12 of 20 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 checked20

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings12

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading8

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

一行
3 source-recorded readings
IchigyōいちぎょうIkkōいっこう · this pageKazuyukiかずゆき

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 Ikkō 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
一one, one radical (no.1)19190001かず, い, いっ, いる +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
光ray, light101006あき, あきら, こお, てる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
公public, prince, official101004あきら, き, きみ, きん +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
孝filial piety, child's respect101007たか, たかし, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
幸happiness, blessing, fortune101008こ, さき, さし, さっ +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
康ease, peace1010011かん, こ, みち, やす +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
弘vast, broad, wide101005ひろ, ひろし, ひろむ, みつ +2Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
晃clear1010010あき, あきら, てる, ひかる +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
港harbor1010012—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
甲armor, high (voice), A grade101005かぶと, き, まさ, まさるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
考consider, think over101006たかJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
耕till, plow, cultivate1010010こお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

イッコウ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ikkōいっこう · this page
Characters in order
イKanaッKanaコKanaウKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 20. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Ikkō 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 Ikkō

20 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いっこう. 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.

イッコウ

イッコウ · Ikkō

Katakana イッコウMorae 4Strokes —

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

Spelling comparator

Compare Ikkō 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
イッコウイッコウKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
一光いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 光 — ray, light7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一公いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 公 — public, prince5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一孝いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一幸いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 幸 — happiness, blessing9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一康いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 康 — ease, peace12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一弘いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 弘 — vast, broad6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一晃いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 晃 — clear11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一港いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 港 — harbor13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一甲いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 甲 — armor, high (voice)6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一考いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 考 — consider, think over7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一耕いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 耕 — till, plow11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一興いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 興 — entertain, revive17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一航いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 航 — navigate, sail11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一行いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 行 — going, journey7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一香いっこう一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 香 — incense, smell10All 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 Ikkō 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 いっ

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Ikkō

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

Kōjirō

一光公孝幸康弘晃港甲

10 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōichirō

一光公孝幸康弘晃甲

9 shared kanji · 103 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōichi

一光公孝幸康弘晃甲

9 shared kanji · 83 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōji

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 76 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōnosuke

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōsei

光公孝幸康弘晃港

8 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōtarō

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōzō

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōshi

光公孝幸康晃港甲

8 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōhei

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōsai

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kō

光公孝幸康弘晃甲

8 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Ikkō

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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