group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kagari
カガリ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
かがりカガリKagari
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings33 Source spelling/reading rows34 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 Kagari
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: Kagari. 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 Kagari 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 “Kagari”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
カガリ
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
カKana characterガKana characterリKana character
Kana-only spelling
かがり
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
かKana characterがKana characterりKana character
Kanji spelling
伽々梨
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
伽々莉
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
佳々里
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
佳賀里
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
佳雅里
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
加々利
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
加画里
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
加賀利
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
加賀里
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
加雅里
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 34. 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 Kagari 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.
かがり · カガリ
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 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.
かがり in the imported JMnedict corpus
35 source spelling/reading rows
7 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| かがりKagari | 3435 source rows | female 34 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 33 · unspecified 1 | 77 source rows |
| かがりKagari | 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 Kagari
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.
16–38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| かがり | Kagari | 3 | 34 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
雅里4 analyzed forms芽里3 analyzed forms香里3 analyzed forms伽々2 analyzed forms々里2 analyzed forms賀里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?
6 of 34 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
耀
香里
輝里
燎
2 source-recorded readings
Kagariかがり · this pageRyōりょう
輝璃
2 source-recorded readings
Kagariかがり · this pageHikariひかり
輝莉
2 source-recorded readings
Kagariかがり · this pageKirariきらり
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 Kagari 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 里 | ri, village, parent's home | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | さ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 雅 | gracious, elegant, graceful | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | う, お, か, ただし +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 々 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | No loaded KANJIDIC2 classification |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 加 | add, addition, increase | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 芽 | bud, sprout, spear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | じ, めぐ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 花 | flower | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 梨 | pear tree | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | か | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 莉 | jasmine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 佳 | excellent, beautiful, good | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | けい, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 賀 | congratulations, joy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | か, のり, よし, より | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 利 | profit, advantage, benefit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | かが, と, とし, のり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
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
カガリ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり
Characters in order
カKanaガKanaリKana
Exact written form
かがり
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
かKanaがKanaりKana
Exact written form
伽々梨
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
伽々莉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳々里
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳賀里
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳雅里
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
加々利
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
加画里
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
加賀利
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kagariかがり · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 34. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kagari 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.
里ri, village, parent's home17 of 34 analyzed forms雅gracious, elegant, graceful7 of 34 analyzed forms々Kanji record6 of 34 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume6 of 34 analyzed forms加add, addition, increase5 of 34 analyzed forms芽bud, sprout, spear4 of 34 analyzed forms花flower4 of 34 analyzed forms梨pear tree3 of 34 analyzed forms莉jasmine3 of 34 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good3 of 34 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kagari
34 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading かがり. 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.
カガリ
カガリ · Kagari
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
かがり
かがり · Kagari
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
伽々梨
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
伽々莉
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
佳々里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
佳賀里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佳雅里
かがり · Kagari
佳excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing雅gracious, elegant, graceful, refined里ri, village, parent's home, league
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加々利
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
加画里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加賀利
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加賀里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加雅里
かがり · Kagari
加add, addition, increase, join雅gracious, elegant, graceful, refined里ri, village, parent's home, league
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
嘉雅梨
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
夏芽里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
夏香里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
果々利
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
架雅理
かがり · Kagari
架erect, frame, mount, support雅gracious, elegant, graceful, refined理logic, arrangement, reason, justice
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
燎
かがり · Kagari
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.
篝
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
耀
かがり · Kagari
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.
耀梨
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
花花里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
花芽里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
花雅里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
花香里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
華々里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
華芽莉
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
輝璃
かがり · Kagari
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.
輝莉
かがり · Kagari
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.
輝里
かがり · Kagari
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.
香芽里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
香里
かがり · Kagari
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.
香雅理
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
香雅里
かがり · Kagari
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Kagari 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| カガリ | カガリ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| かがり | かがり | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 伽々梨 | かがり | 伽 — nursing, attending · 梨 — pear tree | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 伽々莉 | かがり | 伽 — nursing, attending · 莉 — jasmine | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 佳々里 | かがり | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 里 — ri, village | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 佳賀里 | かがり | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 賀 — congratulations, joy · 里 — ri, village | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳雅里 | かがり | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 雅 — gracious, elegant · 里 — ri, village | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加々利 | かがり | 加 — add, addition · 利 — profit, advantage | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 加画里 | かがり | 加 — add, addition · 画 — brush-stroke, picture · 里 — ri, village | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加賀利 | かがり | 加 — add, addition · 賀 — congratulations, joy · 利 — profit, advantage | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加賀里 | かがり | 加 — add, addition · 賀 — congratulations, joy · 里 — ri, village | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加雅里 | かがり | 加 — add, addition · 雅 — gracious, elegant · 里 — ri, village | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嘉雅梨 | かがり | 嘉 — applaud, praise · 雅 — gracious, elegant · 梨 — pear tree | 38 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 夏芽里 | かがり | 夏 — summer · 芽 — bud, sprout · 里 — ri, village | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 夏香里 | かがり | 夏 — summer · 香 — incense, smell · 里 — ri, village | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 果々利 | かがり | 果 — fruit, reward · 利 — profit, advantage | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Kagari 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 Kagari
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
Erika
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 275 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYukari
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 182 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKaori
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 178 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYurika
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 137 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMarika
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 94 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRirika
々佳加梨花莉里香
8 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRika
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 84 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHikari
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 84 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipArika
佳加梨花莉里雅香
8 shared kanji · 63 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkari
佳加梨花莉里香
7 shared kanji · 224 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMika
佳加花芽里雅香
7 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanako
佳加梨花芽雅香
7 shared kanji · 58 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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