Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kahoko

かほ子

Given-name classification varies across source records.

かほこカホコKahoko

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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 spellings23

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows23

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kahoko

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かほこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formカホコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKahoko

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

Mora segmentationか · ほ · こ

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 Kahoko 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 “Kahoko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

かほ子

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

かKana characterほKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佳保子

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

佳excellent, beautiful, good保protect, guarantee, keep子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佳穂子

Characters and loaded glosses

佳excellent, beautiful, good穂ear, ear (grain), head子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佳補子

Characters and loaded glosses

佳excellent, beautiful, good補supplement, supply, make good子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佳輔子

Characters and loaded glosses

佳excellent, beautiful, good輔help子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

加穂子

Characters and loaded glosses

加add, addition, increase穂ear, ear (grain), head子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

可帆子

Characters and loaded glosses

可can, passable, approval帆sail子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

可歩子

Characters and loaded glosses

可can, passable, approval歩walk, counter for steps子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

可秀子

Characters and loaded glosses

可can, passable, approval秀excel, excellence, beauty子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

可穂子

Characters and loaded glosses

可can, passable, approval穂ear, ear (grain), head子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

夏帆子

Characters and loaded glosses

夏summer帆sail子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

果帆子

Characters and loaded glosses

果fruit, reward, carry out帆sail子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 23. 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 Kahoko 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 readings1

かほこ

Kanji-based spellings23

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms21

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 asGiven name

かほこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms23

24 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 23 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
かほこKahoko	2324 source rows	female 23 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 22 · unspecified 1	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 Kahoko

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 data23

3–28 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms23

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
かほこ	Kahoko	3	23

Recurring first-position kanji

佳excellent, beautiful4 forms 可can, passable4 forms 果fruit, reward3 forms 香incense, smell2 forms 加add, addition1 form 夏summer1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat23 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

穂子6 analyzed forms 保子4 analyzed forms 帆子4 analyzed forms 歩子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?

5 of 23 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 checked23

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings5

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading18

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set21

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

薫子

21 source-recorded readings

Isaoいさを Kaokoかおこ Kaoriかおり Kaorikoかおりこ Kaoruかおる Kaorukoかおるこ

加穂子

2 source-recorded readings

KaokoかおこKahokoかほこ · this page

海帆子

2 source-recorded readings

Kahokoかほこ · this pageMihokoみほこ

花縫子

2 source-recorded readings

KanukoかぬこKahokoかほこ · this page

郁保子

2 source-recorded readings

KaokoかおこKahokoかほこ · this page

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 Kahoko 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	23	0	23	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
穂	ear, ear (grain), head	6	0	0	6	15	お, こう, のり, ほい	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
佳	excellent, beautiful, good	4	4	0	0	8	けい, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
保	protect, guarantee, keep	4	0	0	4	9	う, お, ぶ, もり +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
可	can, passable, approval	4	4	0	0	5	よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
帆	sail	4	0	0	4	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
果	fruit, reward, carry out	3	3	0	0	8	み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
歩	walk, counter for steps	2	0	0	2	8	あ, ゆき, ゆみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
香	incense, smell, perfume	2	2	0	0	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
補	supplement, supply, make good	1	0	0	1	12	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
輔	help	1	0	0	1	14	すけ, たすく, ゆう	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
加	add, addition, increase	1	1	0	0	5	—	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

かほ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

かKanaほKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佳保子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

佳excellent, beautiful保protect, guarantee子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佳穂子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

佳excellent, beautiful穂ear, ear (grain)子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佳補子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

佳excellent, beautiful補supplement, supply子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佳輔子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

佳excellent, beautiful輔help子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

加穂子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

KaokoかおこKahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

加add, addition穂ear, ear (grain)子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

可帆子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

可can, passable帆sail子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

可歩子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

可can, passable歩walk, counter for steps子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

可秀子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

可can, passable秀excel, excellence子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

可穂子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kahokoかほこ · this page

Characters in order

可can, passable穂ear, ear (grain)子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 23. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kahoko 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM23 of 23 analyzed forms 穂ear, ear (grain), head6 of 23 analyzed forms 佳excellent, beautiful, good4 of 23 analyzed forms 保protect, guarantee, keep4 of 23 analyzed forms 可can, passable, approval4 of 23 analyzed forms 帆sail4 of 23 analyzed forms 果fruit, reward, carry out3 of 23 analyzed forms 歩walk, counter for steps2 of 23 analyzed forms 香incense, smell, perfume2 of 23 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kahoko

23 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading かほこ. 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.

かほ子

かほこ · Kahoko

Katakana カホコMorae 3Strokes 3

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
かほ子	かほこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳保子	かほこ	佳 — excellent, beautiful · 保 — protect, guarantee · 子 — child, sign of the rat	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳穂子	かほこ	佳 — excellent, beautiful · 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 子 — child, sign of the rat	26	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳補子	かほこ	佳 — excellent, beautiful · 補 — supplement, supply · 子 — child, sign of the rat	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳輔子	かほこ	佳 — excellent, beautiful · 輔 — help · 子 — child, sign of the rat	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
加穂子	かほこ	加 — add, addition · 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 子 — child, sign of the rat	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
可帆子	かほこ	可 — can, passable · 帆 — sail · 子 — child, sign of the rat	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
可歩子	かほこ	可 — can, passable · 歩 — walk, counter for steps · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
可秀子	かほこ	可 — can, passable · 秀 — excel, excellence · 子 — child, sign of the rat	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
可穂子	かほこ	可 — can, passable · 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 子 — child, sign of the rat	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
夏帆子	かほこ	夏 — summer · 帆 — sail · 子 — child, sign of the rat	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
果帆子	かほこ	果 — fruit, reward · 帆 — sail · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
果歩子	かほこ	果 — fruit, reward · 歩 — walk, counter for steps · 子 — child, sign of the rat	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
果穂子	かほこ	果 — fruit, reward · 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 子 — child, sign of the rat	26	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
海帆子	かほこ	海 · 帆 — sail · 子 — child, sign of the rat	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
火甫子	かほこ	火 — fire · 甫 — for the first time, not until · 子 — child, sign of the rat	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Kahoko

Extended source depth

How to read Kahoko

What can Kahoko mean?

かほ子

佳保子

佳穂子

佳補子

佳輔子

加穂子

可帆子

可歩子

可秀子

可穂子

夏帆子

果帆子

How to read these meanings

How Kahoko is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Kahoko

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Kahoko spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

かほ子

佳保子

佳穂子

佳補子

佳輔子

加穂子

可帆子

可歩子

可秀子

可穂子

Kanji recurring across Kahoko spellings

Explore written forms of Kahoko

かほ子

佳保子

佳穂子

佳補子

佳輔子

加穂子

可帆子

可歩子

可秀子

可穂子

夏帆子

果帆子

果歩子

果穂子

海帆子

火甫子

翔保子

花縫子

華穂子

薫子

郁保子

香保子

香穂子

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What does Kahoko mean?

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