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Japanese given name

Keiji

京次

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

けいじケイジKeiji
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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 spellings107

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows107

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Keiji

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けいじ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formケイジ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKeiji

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

Mora segmentationけ · い · じ

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 Keiji 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 “Keiji”, 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

Kanji spelling

京次

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
京capital, 10**16次next, order, sequence
Kanji spelling

京治

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
京capital, 10**16治reign, be at peace, calm down
Kanji spelling

佳二

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二two, two radical (no. 7)
Kanji spelling

佳慈

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慈mercy
Kanji spelling

佳治

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治reign, be at peace, calm down
Kanji spelling

啓之

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
啓disclose, open, say之of, this
Kanji spelling

啓二

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
啓disclose, open, say二two, two radical (no. 7)
Kanji spelling

啓児

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
啓disclose, open, say児newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kanji spelling

啓史

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
啓disclose, open, say史history, chronicle
Kanji spelling

啓司

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
啓disclose, open, say司director, official, govt office
Kanji spelling

啓士

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
啓disclose, open, say士gentleman, scholar, samurai
Kanji spelling

啓弐

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
啓disclose, open, say弐II, two, second

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 107. 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 Keiji 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

けいじ

Kanji-based spellings107

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 forms106

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

けいじ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms145

165 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 16 · female 6 · unspecified 143

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
けいじKeiji145165 source rowsmale 16 · female 6 · unspecified 143source rows · distinct forms: male 14 · female 6 · unspecified 13200 source rows
けいしKeishi00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —33 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 Keiji

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 data107

6–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms102

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms5

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
けいじKeiji3107
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

33 of 80 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 checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings33

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading47

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set10

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Keiji 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
二two, two radical (no. 7)19019002おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
啓disclose, open, say161600011あき, あきら, さとし, はじめ +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
治reign, be at peace, calm down15015008し, ぢ, はり, はる +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
恵favor, blessing, grace141400010あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
次next, order, sequence12012006き, すき, つぐ, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
敬awe, respect, honor121200012け, たか, たかし, たけ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
圭square jewel, corner, angle10100006か, きよ, たま, よし +2Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
慶jubilation, congratulate, rejoice101000015き, きよん, け, みち +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
司director, official, govt office909005つ, つか, つかさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
児newborn babe, child, young of animals808007るJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
爾you, thou, second person7070014ちか, みJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
景scenery, view5500012かげ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

佳二

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Keijiけいじ · this page
Characters in order
佳excellent, beautiful二two, two radical (no. 7)
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
佳二子Given name · Kajiko · かじこ佳二朗Given name · Keijirō · けいじろう佳二郎Given name · Keijirō · けいじろう

The exact sequence 佳二 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 107. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Keiji 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.

二two, two radical (no. 7)19 of 107 analyzed forms啓disclose, open, say16 of 107 analyzed forms治reign, be at peace, calm down15 of 107 analyzed forms恵favor, blessing, grace14 of 107 analyzed forms次next, order, sequence12 of 107 analyzed forms敬awe, respect, honor12 of 107 analyzed forms圭square jewel, corner, angle10 of 107 analyzed forms慶jubilation, congratulate, rejoice10 of 107 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office9 of 107 analyzed forms児newborn babe, child, young of animals8 of 107 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Keiji

107 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading けいじ. 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.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 107 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 107 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Keiji 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
京次けいじ京 — capital, 10**16 · 次 — next, order14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京治けいじ京 — capital, 10**16 · 治 — reign, be at peace16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳二けいじ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7)10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳慈けいじ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 慈 — mercy21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳治けいじ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 治 — reign, be at peace16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓之けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 之 — of, this14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓二けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7)13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓児けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 児 — newborn babe, child18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓史けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 史 — history, chronicle16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓司けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 司 — director, official16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓士けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 士 — gentleman, scholar14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓弐けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 弐 — II, two17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓志けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 志 — intention, plan18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓慈けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 慈 — mercy24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓次けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 次 — next, order17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓氏けいじ啓 — disclose, open · 氏 — family name, surname15All 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 Keiji 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 けい

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

Keiko

141 recorded spellings

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Keisaburō

97 recorded spellings

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Keisuke

86 recorded spellings

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Keinosuke

79 recorded spellings

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Keijirō

66 recorded spellings

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Kei

64 recorded spellings

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Keito

58 recorded spellings

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Keishi

57 recorded spellings

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Keitarō

57 recorded spellings

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Keika

48 recorded spellings

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Keīchi

34 recorded spellings

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Keizō

34 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Keiji

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

Keijirō

二司啓圭恵慶敬次治

9 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroshi

二司啓慶敬次治

7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiji

二司慶敬次治

6 shared kanji · 60 matching source-recorded spellings

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Eiji

二児司恵次治

6 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings

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Keishi

司啓圭恵慶敬

6 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroji

二司啓敬次治

6 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takaji

二児司敬次治

6 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

司啓圭恵慶敬

6 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shigeji

二児司恵次治

6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings

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Keishirō

司啓圭恵慶敬

6 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshihiko

児司圭恵慶敬

6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōji

二児司次治

5 shared kanji · 169 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Keiji

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Exact reading

Search けいじ

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Ke / け

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二 — two, two radical (no. 7)

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啓 — disclose, open

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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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