group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kazu
カズ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
かずカズKazu
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings32 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 Kazu
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: Kazu. 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 Kazu 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 “Kazu”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
カズ
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ズKana character
Kana-only spelling
かづ
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づKana character
Kanji spelling
一
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
一壽
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
一寿
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
伽都
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
佳寿
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
佳寿子
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
Kanji spelling
佳津
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
佳珠
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
加寿
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
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 32. 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 Kazu 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.
かず · かづ · カズ
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.
かず in the imported JMnedict corpus
27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| かずKazu | 2627 source rows | male 1 · female 20 · unspecified 6source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 20 · unspecified 6 | 00 source rows |
| かすKasu | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1112 source rows |
| かつKatsu | 2025 source rows | female 16 · unspecified 9source rows · distinct forms: female 13 · unspecified 9 | 00 source rows |
| かづKazu | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 88 source rows |
| かずKazu | 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 Kazu
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.
1–21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| かず | Kazu | 2 | 26 |
| かづ | Kazu | 2 | 8 |
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 32 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
和
一
順
春
一寿
5 source-recorded readings
嘉寿
5 source-recorded readings
香都
佳寿
3 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 Kazu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 寿 | longevity, congratulations, one's natural life | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 都 | capital, metropolis | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 佳 | excellent, beautiful, good | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | けい, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 津 | haven, port, harbor | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ず, ち, と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | かず, い, いっ, いる +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 珠 | pearl, gem, jewel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | す, とも, ま, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 和 | harmony, Japanese style, peace | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | あい, いず, かず, かつ +13 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 加 | add, addition, increase | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 花 | flower | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 華 | splendor, flower, petal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 壽 | longevity, congratulations | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | かず, じ, とし, ひさ +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
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
カズ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kazuかず · this page
Characters in order
カKanaズKana
Exact written form
かづ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kazuかづ · this page
Characters in order
かKanaづKana
Exact written form
一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
一壽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kazuかず · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
一寿
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 一寿 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
伽都
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kazuかづ · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 伽都 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
佳寿
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳寿子
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳津
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KatsuかつKazuかづ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佳珠
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KajuかじゅKazuかず · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 32. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kazu 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.
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life8 of 32 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis4 of 32 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good4 of 32 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor4 of 32 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume4 of 32 analyzed forms一one, one radical (no.1)3 of 32 analyzed forms珠pearl, gem, jewel3 of 32 analyzed forms和harmony, Japanese style, peace3 of 32 analyzed forms加add, addition, increase2 of 32 analyzed forms花flower2 of 32 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kazu
26 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading かず. 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.
カズ
カズ · Kazu
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
かづ
かづ · Kazu
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
一
かず · Kazu
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.
一壽
かず · Kazu
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一寿
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
伽都
かづ · Kazu
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佳寿
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佳寿子
かず · Kazu
佳excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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.
佳津
かづ · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佳珠
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
加寿
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
加津
かず · Kazu
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.
加津
かづ · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
可寿
かず · Kazu
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和
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
和津
かず · Kazu
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.
和津
かづ · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
和珠
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
員
かず · Kazu
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嘉寿
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
数
かず · Kazu
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春
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
禦
かず · Kazu
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花瑞
かず · Kazu
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.
花都
かづ · Kazu
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.
華津
かづ · Kazu
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華都
かず · Kazu
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賀寿
かず · Kazu
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運
かず · Kazu
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
順
かず · Kazu
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.
香寿
かず · Kazu
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.
香朱
かず · Kazu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
香珠
かず · Kazu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
香都
かづ · Kazu
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kazu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| カズ | カズ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| かづ | かづ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 一 | かず | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 1 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 一壽 | かず | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 壽 — longevity, congratulations | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 一寿 | かず | 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 寿 — longevity, congratulations | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伽都 | かづ | 伽 — nursing, attending · 都 — capital, metropolis | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳寿 | かず | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 寿 — longevity, congratulations | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳寿子 | かず | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳津 | かづ | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 津 — haven, port | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佳珠 | かず | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 珠 — pearl, gem | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加寿 | かず | 加 — add, addition · 寿 — longevity, congratulations | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加津 | かず | 加 — add, addition · 津 — haven, port | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 可寿 | かず | 可 — can, passable · 寿 — longevity, congratulations | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 和 | かず | 和 — harmony, Japanese style | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 和津 | かず | 和 — harmony, Japanese style · 津 — haven, port | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 和珠 | かず | 和 — harmony, Japanese style · 珠 — pearl, gem | 18 | 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 Kazu 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 かず
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 · female · limited reference
Kazuko
176 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKazumi
160 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKasumi
134 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKazue
113 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKazuo
100 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKazuyoshi
92 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKazuki
80 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKazusa
58 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKazuyo
58 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKazuhiro
54 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKazunori
50 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKazuaki
47 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kazu
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
Kazuko
一佳加和寿津珠花都香
10 shared kanji · 101 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShizuka
一佳加和寿津珠花都香
10 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazumi
一佳加和寿津珠都香
9 shared kanji · 105 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazue
一佳加和寿津珠都香
9 shared kanji · 73 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuo
一佳加和寿津珠都香
9 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuki
一佳加和寿津花都香
9 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKasumi
一佳加和寿珠花香
8 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuyo
一佳加和寿津珠香
8 shared kanji · 36 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKatsuko
一佳加和津花都香
8 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazusa
一佳加和寿津珠香
8 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKatsumi
一佳加和津花都香
8 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanami
佳加和珠花都香
7 shared kanji · 57 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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