group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings39 Source spelling/reading rows39 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 Iroha
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: Iroha. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Iroha 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 “Iroha”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
いろは
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
いKana characterろKana characterはKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
いろ葉
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
Kanji spelling
五郎八
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
以呂葉
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
伊呂波
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
依呂葉
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
依露巴
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
唯呂葉
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
唯露葉
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
彩
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
彩巴
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
彩早
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 39. 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 Iroha 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.
いろは
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
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.
いろは in the imported JMnedict corpus
39 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| いろはIroha | 3939 source rows | female 39source rows · distinct forms: female 39 | 11 source row |
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 Iroha
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.
10–44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| いろは | Iroha | 3 | 39 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
21 of 39 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
彩
心花
紅葉
彩花
7 source-recorded readings
彩楓
彩羽
彩華
彩映
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 Iroha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 彩 | coloring, paint, makeup | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | あや, さ, さえ, つや | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | よ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 色 | color | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | しか, しこ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 呂 | spine, backbone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | とも, なが | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 波 | waves, billows, Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ひら, みな, みなみ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 露 | dew, tears, expose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | や, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 巴 | comma-design | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | とも | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 花 | flower | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 羽 | feathers, counter for birds, rabbits | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | しゅう, ば | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 依 | reliant, depend on, consequently | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | よ, より | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 唯 | solely, only, merely | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 春 | springtime, spring (season) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あずま, かす, すの, ひ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
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
いろは
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
いKanaろKanaはKana
Exact written form
いろ葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
五郎八
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this pageGorohachiごろはち
Characters in order
Exact written form
以呂葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
伊呂波
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
依呂葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
依露巴
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
唯呂葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
唯露葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Irohaいろは · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
彩
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 39. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Iroha 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.
彩coloring, paint, makeup18 of 39 analyzed forms葉leaf, plane, lobe11 of 39 analyzed forms色color6 of 39 analyzed forms呂spine, backbone4 of 39 analyzed forms波waves, billows, Poland3 of 39 analyzed forms露dew, tears, expose3 of 39 analyzed forms巴comma-design3 of 39 analyzed forms花flower3 of 39 analyzed forms羽feathers, counter for birds, rabbits3 of 39 analyzed forms依reliant, depend on, consequently2 of 39 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Iroha
39 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いろは. 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.
いろは
いろは · Iroha
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
いろ葉
いろは · Iroha
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五郎八
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
以呂葉
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
伊呂波
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
依呂葉
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
依露巴
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
唯呂葉
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
唯露葉
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩巴
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩早
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩映
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩春
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩桜花
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩楓
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩波
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩白
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩端
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩羽
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩芭
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩花
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩華
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩葉
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩蕗葉
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩陽
いろは · Iroha
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.
彩颯
いろは · Iroha
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.
心花
いろは · Iroha
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.
椛
いろは · Iroha
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.
楓葉
いろは · Iroha
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.
温葉
いろは · Iroha
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.
紅葉
いろは · Iroha
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.
色巴
いろは · Iroha
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色春
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
色波
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
色羽
いろは · Iroha
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
色華
いろは · Iroha
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.
色葉
いろは · Iroha
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.
衣露羽
いろは · Iroha
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Spelling comparator
Compare Iroha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| いろは | いろは | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| いろ葉 | いろは | 葉 — leaf, plane | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五郎八 | いろは | 五 — five · 郎 — son, counter for sons · 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 以呂葉 | いろは | 以 — by means of, because · 呂 — spine, backbone · 葉 — leaf, plane | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊呂波 | いろは | 伊 — Italy, that one · 呂 — spine, backbone · 波 — waves, billows | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 依呂葉 | いろは | 依 — reliant, depend on · 呂 — spine, backbone · 葉 — leaf, plane | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 依露巴 | いろは | 依 — reliant, depend on · 露 — dew, tears · 巴 — comma-design | 33 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 唯呂葉 | いろは | 唯 — solely, only · 呂 — spine, backbone · 葉 — leaf, plane | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 唯露葉 | いろは | 唯 — solely, only · 露 — dew, tears · 葉 — leaf, plane | 44 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩巴 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 巴 — comma-design | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩早 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 早 — early, fast | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩映 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 映 — reflect, reflection | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩春 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 春 — springtime, spring (season) | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩桜花 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 桜 — cherry · 花 — flower | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩楓 | いろは | 彩 — coloring, paint · 楓 — maple | 24 | 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 Iroha 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 いろ
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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5 recorded spellings
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5 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceIrodori
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceIrori
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceIroku
3 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceIromi
3 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Iroha
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
Hana
巴彩波羽花葉
6 shared kanji · 57 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyaha
巴彩波羽色葉
6 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanoha
巴彩波羽花葉
6 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHanano
巴彩波羽花葉
6 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHaruka
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHanako
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKotoha
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHaruna
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHazuki
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipOtoha
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHaru
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanaha
巴波羽花葉
5 shared kanji · 15 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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