group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Itsuo
一夫
Given-name classification varies across source records.
いつおイツオItsuo
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 Itsuo
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: Itsuo. 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 Itsuo 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 “Itsuo”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
一夫
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
Kanji spelling
乙夫
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
Kanji spelling
乙郎
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
五夫
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
Kanji spelling
五峰
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
五月雄
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
五生
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
Kanji spelling
五男
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.
Kanji spelling
五雄
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
伊津夫
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
Kanji spelling
伊津生
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
Kanji spelling
伊津男
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
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 Itsuo 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.
いつお
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
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.
いつお in the imported JMnedict corpus
39 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| いつおItsuo | 3939 source rows | male 1 · unspecified 38source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · unspecified 38 | 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 Itsuo
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.
5–34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| いつお | Itsuo | 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?
19 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
敬雄
逸郎
5 source-recorded readings
逸雄
一夫
乙郎
3 source-recorded readings
五男
厳夫
威夫
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 Itsuo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 夫 | husband, man | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | お, と, ゆう, よ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 雄 | masculine, male, hero | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 男 | male | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 伊 | Italy, that one | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | これ, ただ, よし, いと +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 五 | five | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | い, さ, さつ, ち +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 逸 | — | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 津 | haven, port, harbor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ず, ち, と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 都 | capital, metropolis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 威 | intimidate, dignity, majesty | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | いさ, たけ, たけし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 厳 | stern, strictness, severity | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | いつ, いづ, きゅうら, とし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 稜 | angle, edge, corner | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | 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
一夫
Characters in order
Exact written form
乙夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
乙郎
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
五夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this pageKazuoかずお
Characters in order
Exact written form
五峰
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this pageGohōごほう
Characters in order
Exact written form
五月雄
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
五生
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this pageTakaiたかい
Characters in order
Exact written form
五男
Exact written form
五雄
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this pageKazuoかずお
Characters in order
Exact written form
伊津夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsuoいつお · this page
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 Itsuo 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, man12 of 39 analyzed forms雄masculine, male, hero10 of 39 analyzed forms男male8 of 39 analyzed forms伊Italy, that one8 of 39 analyzed forms五five6 of 39 analyzed forms逸Kanji record6 of 39 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth4 of 39 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor4 of 39 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis4 of 39 analyzed forms威intimidate, dignity, majesty4 of 39 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Itsuo
39 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いつお. 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.
一夫
いつお · Itsuo
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.
乙夫
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
乙郎
いつお · Itsuo
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.
五夫
いつお · Itsuo
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.
五峰
いつお · Itsuo
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.
五月雄
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
五生
いつお · Itsuo
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.
五男
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
五雄
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
伊津夫
いつお · Itsuo
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伊津生
いつお · Itsuo
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伊津男
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
伊津雄
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
伊都夫
いつお · Itsuo
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伊都生
いつお · Itsuo
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伊都男
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
伊都雄
いつお · Itsuo
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伍夫
いつお · Itsuo
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厳夫
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
厳男
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
厳雄
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
壱雄
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
威夫
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
巌夫
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
敬雄
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
溢夫
いつお · Itsuo
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溢男
いつお · Itsuo
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稜威夫
いつお · Itsuo
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稜威男
いつお · Itsuo
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稜威雄
いつお · Itsuo
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聿男
いつお · Itsuo
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聿雄
いつお · Itsuo
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逸夫
いつお · Itsuo
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.
逸旺
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
逸生
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
逸男
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
逸郎
いつお · Itsuo
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.
逸雄
いつお · Itsuo
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
鎰尾
いつお · Itsuo
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Itsuo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一夫 | いつお | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 夫 — husband, man | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 乙夫 | いつお | 乙 — the latter, duplicate · 夫 — husband, man | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 乙郎 | いつお | 乙 — the latter, duplicate · 郎 — son, counter for sons | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五夫 | いつお | 五 — five · 夫 — husband, man | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五峰 | いつお | 五 — five · 峰 — summit, peak | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五月雄 | いつお | 五 — five · 月 — month, moon · 雄 — masculine, male | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五生 | いつお | 五 — five · 生 — life, genuine | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五男 | いつお | 五 — five · 男 — male | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五雄 | いつお | 五 — five · 雄 — masculine, male | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊津夫 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 津 — haven, port · 夫 — husband, man | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊津生 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 津 — haven, port · 生 — life, genuine | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊津男 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 津 — haven, port · 男 — male | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊津雄 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 津 — haven, port · 雄 — masculine, male | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊都夫 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 都 — capital, metropolis · 夫 — husband, man | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊都生 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 都 — capital, metropolis · 生 — life, genuine | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伊都男 | いつお | 伊 — Italy, that one · 都 — capital, metropolis · 男 — male | 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 Itsuo 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.
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Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Itsuo
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
Kazuo
五夫津生男都雄
7 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIsao
五伊夫威生男雄
7 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipItsuko
五伊威津逸都雄
7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipItsuki
五伊威津生逸都
7 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIwao
五伊夫威生男雄
7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
伊夫威生男雄
6 shared kanji · 222 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshio
夫生男逸都雄
6 shared kanji · 127 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipItsumi
五伊威津逸都
6 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMitsuo
夫津生男都雄
6 shared kanji · 50 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIzumi
五伊威津生都
6 shared kanji · 47 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkuo
伊夫威生男雄
6 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShizuo
夫津生男都雄
6 shared kanji · 35 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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