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Japanese given name

Kenzō

乾三

Given-name classification varies across source records.

けんぞうケンゾウKenzō
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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 spellings41

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows41

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kenzō

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けんぞう

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formケンゾウ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKenzō

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

Mora segmentationけ · ん · ぞ · う

4 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Kenzō 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 “Kenzō”, 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

乾三

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
乾drought, dry, desiccate三three
Kanji spelling

健三

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
健healthy, health, strength三three
Kanji spelling

健蔵

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
健healthy, health, strength蔵storehouse, hide, own
Kanji spelling

健造

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
健healthy, health, strength造create, make, structure
Kanji spelling

兼三

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
兼concurrently, and, beforehand三three
Kanji spelling

兼蔵

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
兼concurrently, and, beforehand蔵storehouse, hide, own
Kanji spelling

兼造

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
兼concurrently, and, beforehand造create, make, structure
Kanji spelling

堅三

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
堅strict, hard, solid三three
Kanji spelling

堅蔵

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
堅strict, hard, solid蔵storehouse, hide, own
Kanji spelling

堅造

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
堅strict, hard, solid造create, make, structure
Kanji spelling

巻蔵

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
巻scroll, volume, book蔵storehouse, hide, own
Kanji spelling

建三

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
建build三three

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 41. 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 Kenzō 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

けんぞう

Kanji-based spellings41

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

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

2-kanji forms41

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

けんぞう in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms59

61 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · unspecified 59

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
けんぞうKenzō5961 source rowsmale 2 · unspecified 59source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · unspecified 5700 source rows
けんそうKensō00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —22 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 Kenzō

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 data41

12–39 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms37

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms4

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
けんぞうKenzō441
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

5 of 41 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 checked41

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings5

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading36

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

兼蔵
2 source-recorded readings
KanezōかねぞうKenzōけんぞう · this page
兼造
2 source-recorded readings
KanezōかねぞうKenzōけんぞう · this page
賢三
2 source-recorded readings
KashimiかしみKenzōけんぞう · 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 Kenzō 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
三three18018003か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
蔵storehouse, hide, own100100015くらし, くらん, くろう, さし +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
造create, make, structure9090010ずくり, づくり, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
建build440009たけ, たつ, たてJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
賢intelligent, wise, wisdom4400016かた, さか, さと, さとし +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
健healthy, health, strength3300011かつ, たけ, たけし, たて +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
兼concurrently, and, beforehand3300010かねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
堅strict, hard, solid3300012きんJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
憲constitution, law3300016かず, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
謙self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend3300017かね, ゆずるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
顕appear, existing3300018あき, あきらJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
藏hide, own, have2020018—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

健三

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kenzōけんぞう · this page
Characters in order
健healthy, health三three
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
健三朗Given name · Kensaburō · けんさぶろう健三郎Given name · Kensaburō · けんさぶろう健三郎Given name · Kenzaburō · けんざぶろう

The exact sequence 健三 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 41. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kenzō 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.

三three18 of 41 analyzed forms蔵storehouse, hide, own10 of 41 analyzed forms造create, make, structure9 of 41 analyzed forms建build4 of 41 analyzed forms賢intelligent, wise, wisdom4 of 41 analyzed forms健healthy, health, strength3 of 41 analyzed forms兼concurrently, and, beforehand3 of 41 analyzed forms堅strict, hard, solid3 of 41 analyzed forms憲constitution, law3 of 41 analyzed forms謙self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend3 of 41 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kenzō

41 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading けんぞう. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Kenzō 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
乾三けんぞう乾 — drought, dry · 三 — three14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健三けんぞう健 — healthy, health · 三 — three14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健蔵けんぞう健 — healthy, health · 蔵 — storehouse, hide26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健造けんぞう健 — healthy, health · 造 — create, make21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
兼三けんぞう兼 — concurrently, and · 三 — three13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
兼蔵けんぞう兼 — concurrently, and · 蔵 — storehouse, hide25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
兼造けんぞう兼 — concurrently, and · 造 — create, make20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
堅三けんぞう堅 — strict, hard · 三 — three15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
堅蔵けんぞう堅 — strict, hard · 蔵 — storehouse, hide27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
堅造けんぞう堅 — strict, hard · 造 — create, make22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
巻蔵けんぞう巻 — scroll, volume · 蔵 — storehouse, hide24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建三けんぞう建 — build · 三 — three12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建蔵けんぞう建 — build · 蔵 — storehouse, hide24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建藏けんぞう建 — build · 藏 — hide, own27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建造けんぞう建 — build · 造 — create, make19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
愃三けんぞう愃 — abundant, generous · 三 — three15Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Kenzō 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 けん

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 · male · limited reference

Kenji

145 recorded spellings

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Kennosuke

85 recorded spellings

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Kenichirō

71 recorded spellings

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Kenjirō

61 recorded spellings

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Kensuke

53 recorded spellings

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Kentarō

52 recorded spellings

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Genjirō

45 recorded spellings

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Gennosuke

42 recorded spellings

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Kenichi

42 recorded spellings

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Gensaburō

41 recorded spellings

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Genichirō

34 recorded spellings

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Kenshi

33 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Kenzō

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

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kennosuke

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenichirō

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kensuke

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenjirō

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kentarō

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kengo

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenshirō

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenichi

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenya

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenshin

健兼堅建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kenzaburō

三健兼建憲謙賢

7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Kenzō

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

Exact reading

Search けんぞう

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Ke / け

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三 — three

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

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蔵 — storehouse, hide

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Open Name Explorer

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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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