group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kenshi
健之
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
けんしケンシKenshi
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings33 Source spelling/reading rows33 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 Kenshi
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: Kenshi. 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 Kenshi 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 “Kenshi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
健之
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
Kanji spelling
健史
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
Kanji spelling
健司
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
Kanji spelling
健嗣
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
Kanji spelling
健子
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
健志
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
健支
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
兼司
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
Kanji spelling
兼嗣
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
兼四
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
兼至
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 33. 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 Kenshi 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.
けんし
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
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.
けんし in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| けんじKenji | 199215 source rows | male 60 · female 2 · unspecified 153source rows · distinct forms: male 56 · female 2 · unspecified 147 | 1414 source rows |
| けんしKenshi | 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 Kenshi
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.
12–24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| けんし | Kenshi | 3 | 33 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
20 of 33 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
賢子
10 source-recorded readings
憲史
5 source-recorded readings
健之
4 source-recorded readings
健嗣
4 source-recorded readings
健志
4 source-recorded readings
健史
3 source-recorded readings
健司
3 source-recorded readings
健士
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 Kenshi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 健 | healthy, health, strength | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | かつ, たけ, たけし, たて +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 士 | gentleman, scholar, samurai | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | お, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 之 | of, this | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ゆき, いたる, あき, つな +5 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 志 | intention, plan, resolve | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | じん, べ, べし, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 兼 | concurrently, and, beforehand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | かね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 憲 | constitution, law | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | かず, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 賢 | intelligent, wise, wisdom | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | かた, さか, さと, さとし +6 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 司 | director, official, govt office | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | つ, つか, つかさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 研 | polish, study of, sharpen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 嗣 | heir, succeed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あき, つかさ, つぎ, つぐ +1 | 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
健之
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 健之 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
健史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 健史 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
健司
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 健司 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
健嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
健士
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
健子
Characters in order
Exact written form
健志
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
健支
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kenshiけんし · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
兼司
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KenjiけんじKenshiけんし · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
兼嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KanetsuguかねつぐKenshiけんし · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 33. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kenshi 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.
健healthy, health, strength8 of 33 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai6 of 33 analyzed forms之of, this5 of 33 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve5 of 33 analyzed forms史history, chronicle4 of 33 analyzed forms兼concurrently, and, beforehand4 of 33 analyzed forms憲constitution, law4 of 33 analyzed forms賢intelligent, wise, wisdom4 of 33 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office3 of 33 analyzed forms子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM3 of 33 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kenshi
33 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading けんし. 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.
健之
けんし · Kenshi
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.
健史
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
健司
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
健嗣
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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健士
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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健子
けんし · Kenshi
健healthy, health, strength, persistence子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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健志
けんし · Kenshi
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健支
けんし · Kenshi
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兼司
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
兼嗣
けんし · Kenshi
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兼四
けんし · Kenshi
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兼至
けんし · Kenshi
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堅子
けんし · Kenshi
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憲史
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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憲司
けんし · Kenshi
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憲士
けんし · Kenshi
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憲志
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
拳之
けんし · Kenshi
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拳士
けんし · Kenshi
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権士
けんし · Kenshi
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狷士
けんし · Kenshi
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献之
けんし · Kenshi
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献志
けんし · Kenshi
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玄師
けんし · Kenshi
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県志
けんし · Kenshi
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研之
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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研史
けんし · Kenshi
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研志
けんし · Kenshi
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謙之
けんし · Kenshi
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賢史
けんし · Kenshi
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賢士
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
賢子
けんし · Kenshi
賢intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness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
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賢至
けんし · Kenshi
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kenshi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 健之 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 之 — of, this | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健史 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 史 — history, chronicle | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健司 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 司 — director, official | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健嗣 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健士 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 士 — gentleman, scholar | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健子 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健志 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 志 — intention, plan | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健支 | けんし | 健 — healthy, health · 支 — branch, support | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 兼司 | けんし | 兼 — concurrently, and · 司 — director, official | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 兼嗣 | けんし | 兼 — concurrently, and · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 兼四 | けんし | 兼 — concurrently, and · 四 — four | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 兼至 | けんし | 兼 — concurrently, and · 至 — climax, arrive | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 堅子 | けんし | 堅 — strict, hard · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 憲史 | けんし | 憲 — constitution, law · 史 — history, chronicle | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 憲司 | けんし | 憲 — constitution, law · 司 — director, official | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 憲士 | けんし | 憲 — constitution, law · 士 — gentleman, scholar | 19 | 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 Kenshi 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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34 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kenshi
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
Kenji
之健兼史司士志憲賢
9 shared kanji · 79 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenshirō
之健兼史司士志憲賢
9 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatoshi
之史司士子志憲賢
8 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTadashi
之史司士子志憲賢
8 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakashi
之史司士子志賢
7 shared kanji · 117 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiroshi
之史司士子志賢
7 shared kanji · 108 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakeshi
之健史司士子志
7 shared kanji · 73 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasashi
之史司士子志賢
7 shared kanji · 60 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshio
健史司士子志憲
7 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshi
之史司士子志憲
7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
史司士子志賢
6 shared kanji · 186 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKishiko
之史司士子志
6 shared kanji · 56 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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