group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Jun
じゅん
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
じゅんジュンJun
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings29 Source spelling/reading rows30 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 Jun
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: Jun. 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 Jun 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 “Jun”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
じゅん
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
じKana characterゅKana characterんKana character
Kana-only spelling
ジュン
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
ジKana characterュKana characterンKana character
Kanji spelling
俊
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
六月
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
准
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
凖
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
巡
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
循
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
恂
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
惇
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
旬
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
殉
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 30. 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 Jun 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.
じゅん · ジュン
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
recorded spelling
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.
じゅん in the imported JMnedict corpus
44 source spelling/reading rows
6 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| じゅんJun | 3744 source rows | male 2 · female 27 · unspecified 15source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · female 23 · unspecified 14 | 66 source rows |
| じゅんJun | 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.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Jun
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.
6–20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| じゅん | Jun | 2 | 30 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
22 of 30 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
純
淳
14 source-recorded readings
潤
12 source-recorded readings
順
俊
8 source-recorded readings
惇
7 source-recorded readings
素直
諄
4 source-recorded readings
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 Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 月 | month, moon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | おと, がっ, す, ずき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 俊 | sagacious, genius, excellence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | すぐる, とし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 六 | six | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | く, むつ, ろっ, ろつ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 准 | quasi-, semi-, associate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 凖 | correspond to, proportionate to, conform | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 巡 | patrol, go around, circumference | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 循 | sequential, follow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 恂 | sincere, fear, sudden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 惇 | sincere, kind, considerate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | あつし, あつ, まこと, とし +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 旬 | decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 殉 | martyrdom, follow by resigning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 水 | water | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | うず, ずみ, つ, ど +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
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
じゅん
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Junじゅん · this page
Characters in order
じKanaゅKanaんKana
Exact written form
ジュン
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Junじゅん
Characters in order
ジKanaュKanaンKana
Exact written form
俊
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
六月
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 六月 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
准
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Junじゅん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
凖
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Junじゅん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
巡
Characters in order
Exact written form
循
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Junじゅん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
恂
Characters in order
Exact written form
惇
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 30. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Jun 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 Jun
30 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading じゅん. 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.
じゅん
じゅん · Jun
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ジュン
ジュン · Jun
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
俊
じゅん · Jun
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.
六月
じゅん · Jun
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.
准
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
凖
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
巡
じゅん · Jun
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.
循
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
恂
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
惇
じゅん · Jun
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.
旬
じゅん · Jun
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.
殉
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
水無月
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
洵
じゅん · Jun
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.
淳
じゅん · Jun
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.
準
じゅん · Jun
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.
潤
じゅん · Jun
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.
盾
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
純
じゅん · Jun
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.
素直
じゅん · Jun
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.
絢
じゅん · Jun
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.
若
じゅん · Jun
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.
詢
じゅん · Jun
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.
諄
じゅん · Jun
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.
遵
じゅん · Jun
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.
醇
じゅん · Jun
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.
閠
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
隼
じゅん · Jun
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.
順
じゅん · Jun
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.
鶉
じゅん · Jun
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| じゅん | じゅん | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ジュン | ジュン | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 俊 | じゅん | 俊 — sagacious, genius | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 六月 | じゅん | 六 — six · 月 — month, moon | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 准 | じゅん | 准 — quasi-, semi- | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 凖 | じゅん | 凖 — correspond to, proportionate to | 12 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 巡 | じゅん | 巡 — patrol, go around | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 循 | じゅん | 循 — sequential, follow | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 恂 | じゅん | 恂 — sincere, fear | 9 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 惇 | じゅん | 惇 — sincere, kind | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 旬 | じゅん | 旬 — decameron, ten-day period | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 殉 | じゅん | 殉 — martyrdom, follow by resigning | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 水無月 | じゅん | 水 — water · 無 — nothingness, none · 月 — month, moon | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 洵 | じゅん | 洵 — alike, truth | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 淳 | じゅん | 淳 — pure | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 準 | じゅん | 準 — semi-, correspond to | 13 | 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 Jun 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 じゅ
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 · mixed records · limited reference
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98 recorded spellings
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70 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceShūji
69 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceJunji
50 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceShunichirō
45 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceJunjirō
44 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceJunko
44 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceJuri
43 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceShūichirō
42 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceJuria
38 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceJūgorō
37 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceShūka
37 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Jun
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
Junko
六准凖巡循恂惇旬月
9 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunichi
六准凖循恂惇月
7 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunzō
准凖恂惇
4 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunnosuke
凖恂惇
3 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunichirō
凖恂惇
3 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunji
循恂惇
3 shared kanji · 3 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAtsuki
惇月
2 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShunichirō
俊旬
2 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMutsuki
六月
2 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShuntarō
俊旬
2 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshitoshi
俊惇
2 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJunjirō
凖惇
2 shared kanji · 6 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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