group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Katsuyo
カツヨ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
かつよカツヨKatsuyo
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings19 Source spelling/reading rows21 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 Katsuyo
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: Katsuyo. 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 Katsuyo 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 “Katsuyo”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
カツヨ
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ツKana characterヨKana character
Kana-only spelling
かつよ
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つKana characterよKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
カツ代
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
かつ代
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
か津よ
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
佳津世
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
佳津予
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
健代
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
克代
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
克月代
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
加津代
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
勝与
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 21. 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 Katsuyo 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.
かつよ · カツヨ · カツよ
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.
かつよ in the imported JMnedict corpus
30 source spelling/reading rows
2 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| かつよKatsuyo | 2430 source rows | female 27 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: female 22 · unspecified 3 | 22 source rows |
| かつよKatsuyo | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| かつよKatsuyo | 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 Katsuyo
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.
5–28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| かつよ | Katsuyo | 3 | 21 |
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?
6 of 21 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
勝代
健代
3 source-recorded readings
香津代
加津代
2 source-recorded readings
Katsuyoかつよ · this pageKazuyoかづよ
勝世
2 source-recorded readings
Katsuyoかつよ · this pageMasayoまさよ
桂代
2 source-recorded readings
Katsuyoかつよ · this pageKayoかよ
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 Katsuyo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 代 | substitute, change, convert | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | す | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 津 | haven, port, harbor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ず, ち, と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 勝 | victory, win, prevail | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かち, と, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 世 | generation, world, society | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | とし, ゆ, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 佳 | excellent, beautiful, good | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | けい, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 克 | overcome, kindly, skillfully | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | かつ, まさる, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 予 | beforehand, previous, myself | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 健 | healthy, health, strength | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | かつ, たけ, たけし, たて +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 月 | month, moon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | おと, がっ, す, ずき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 加 | add, addition, increase | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 与 | bestow, participate in, give | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | とも, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
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
カツヨ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ
Characters in order
カKanaツKanaヨKana
Exact written form
かつよ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
かKanaつKanaよKana
Exact written form
カツ代
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ
Characters in order
Exact written form
かつ代
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
か津よ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳津世
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳津予
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
健代
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
克代
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
克月代
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Katsuyoかつよ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 21. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Katsuyo 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.
代substitute, change, convert12 of 21 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor6 of 21 analyzed forms勝victory, win, prevail4 of 21 analyzed forms世generation, world, society3 of 21 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good2 of 21 analyzed forms克overcome, kindly, skillfully2 of 21 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume2 of 21 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Katsuyo
21 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading かつよ. 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.
カツヨ
カツヨ · Katsuyo
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
かつよ
かつよ · Katsuyo
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
カツ代
カツよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
かつ代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
か津よ
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佳津世
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佳津予
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
健代
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
克代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
克月代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加津代
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
勝与
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
勝世
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
勝代
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
勝余
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
嘉津代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
捷代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
桂代
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
豪世
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
香津代
かつよ · Katsuyo
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.
香都代
かつよ · Katsuyo
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Katsuyo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| カツヨ | カツヨ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| かつよ | かつよ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| カツ代 | カツよ | 代 — substitute, change | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| かつ代 | かつよ | 代 — substitute, change | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| か津よ | かつよ | 津 — haven, port | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳津世 | かつよ | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 津 — haven, port · 世 — generation, world | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳津予 | かつよ | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 津 — haven, port · 予 — beforehand, previous | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健代 | かつよ | 健 — healthy, health · 代 — substitute, change | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 克代 | かつよ | 克 — overcome, kindly · 代 — substitute, change | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 克月代 | かつよ | 克 — overcome, kindly · 月 — month, moon · 代 — substitute, change | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加津代 | かつよ | 加 — add, addition · 津 — haven, port · 代 — substitute, change | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝与 | かつよ | 勝 — victory, win · 与 — bestow, participate in | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝世 | かつよ | 勝 — victory, win · 世 — generation, world | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝代 | かつよ | 勝 — victory, win · 代 — substitute, change | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝余 | かつよ | 勝 — victory, win · 余 — too much, myself | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嘉津代 | かつよ | 嘉 — applaud, praise · 津 — haven, port · 代 — substitute, change | 28 | 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 Katsuyo 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
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58 recorded spellings
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58 recorded spellings
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45 recorded spellings
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37 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Katsuyo
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
Kazuyo
世予代佳月津香
7 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKayo
世予代佳勝香
6 shared kanji · 50 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimi
世予代佳克香
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKatsuki
佳克勝月津香
6 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
世予代佳克香
6 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKatsuko
佳克勝月津香
6 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
世予代佳克勝
6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKayoko
世予代佳香
5 shared kanji · 85 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoko
世予代佳香
5 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoka
世予代佳香
5 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMitsuyo
世予代月津
5 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKatsumi
佳克勝津香
5 shared kanji · 37 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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