group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kin'ichi
公一
Given-name gender label not specified in these source records.
きんいちキンイチKin'ichi
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings15 Source spelling/reading rows15 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 Kin'ichi
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: Kin'ichi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Kin'ichi 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 “Kin'ichi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
公一
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
勤一
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
均一
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
欣一
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
欣市
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
欽一
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
欽壱
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
謹一
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
金一
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
金市
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
釣一
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
鈞一
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 15. 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 Kin'ichi 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.
きんいち
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.
きんいち in the imported JMnedict corpus
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| きんいちKin'ichi | 1717 source rows | unspecified 17source rows · distinct forms: unspecified 17 | 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 Kin'ichi
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.
5–23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| きんいち | Kin'ichi | 4 | 15 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
7 of 15 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
公一
6 source-recorded readings
欣一
2 source-recorded readings
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
欽一
2 source-recorded readings
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
謹一
2 source-recorded readings
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
金一
2 source-recorded readings
KaneichiかねいちKin'ichiきんいち · this page
金市
2 source-recorded readings
KaneichiかねいちKin'ichiきんいち · this page
釣一
2 source-recorded readings
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageChōichiちょういち
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 Kin'ichi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | かず, い, いっ, いる +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 市 | market, city, town | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | い, ち | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 錦 | brocade, fine dress, honors | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | かね, あや, にし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 欣 | take pleasure in, rejoice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | やすし, よし, し | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 欽 | respect, revere, long for | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | よし, ひとし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 壱 | one (in documents) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | い, かず | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 金 | gold | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | かん, きむ, こ, この +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 公 | public, prince, official | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | あきら, き, きみ, きん +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 勤 | work, serve | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 均 | level, average | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ひとし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 謹 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 釣 | angling, fish, catch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | つり | 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
公一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
公一朗Given name · Kōichirō · こういちろう公一郎Given name · Kin'ichirō · きんいちろう公一郎Given name · Kōichirō · こういちろう
The exact sequence 公一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
勤一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
均一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 均一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
欣一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
Characters in order
Exact written form
欣市
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
欽一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
Characters in order
Exact written form
欽壱
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
謹一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kin'ichiきんいち · this pageYoshikazuよしかず
Characters in order
Exact written form
金一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KaneichiかねいちKin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
金市
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KaneichiかねいちKin'ichiきんいち · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 15. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kin'ichi 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.
一one, one radical (no.1)10 of 15 analyzed forms市market, city, town3 of 15 analyzed forms錦brocade, fine dress, honors3 of 15 analyzed forms欣take pleasure in, rejoice2 of 15 analyzed forms欽respect, revere, long for2 of 15 analyzed forms壱one (in documents)2 of 15 analyzed forms金gold2 of 15 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kin'ichi
15 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きんいち. 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.
公一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
勤一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
均一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
欣一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
欣市
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
欽一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
欽壱
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
謹一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
金一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
金市
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
釣一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
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.
鈞一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
錦一
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
錦壱
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
錦市
きんいち · Kin'ichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Kin'ichi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 公一 | きんいち | 公 — public, prince · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勤一 | きんいち | 勤 — work, serve · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 均一 | きんいち | 均 — level, average · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欣一 | きんいち | 欣 — take pleasure in, rejoice · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欣市 | きんいち | 欣 — take pleasure in, rejoice · 市 — market, city | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欽一 | きんいち | 欽 — respect, revere · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欽壱 | きんいち | 欽 — respect, revere · 壱 — one (in documents) | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 謹一 | きんいち | 謹 · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 金一 | きんいち | 金 — gold · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 金市 | きんいち | 金 — gold · 市 — market, city | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 釣一 | きんいち | 釣 — angling, fish · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 鈞一 | きんいち | 鈞 — equal, important point · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 13 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 錦一 | きんいち | 錦 — brocade, fine dress · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 錦壱 | きんいち | 錦 — brocade, fine dress · 壱 — one (in documents) | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 錦市 | きんいち | 錦 — brocade, fine dress · 市 — market, city | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Kin'ichi 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 きん
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
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77 recorded spellings
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74 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKinsaburō
72 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKinichirō
56 recorded spellings
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55 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKinji
38 recorded spellings
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38 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKinya
23 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKinzaburō
19 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKinko
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKino
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceKinzō
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kin'ichi
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
Kinichirō
一公均壱市欣欽金錦
9 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinjirō
公勤均欣欽金錦
7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinji
公勤均欣欽金錦
7 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinya
公勤均欣欽金錦
7 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinzō
公勤均欣欽金錦
7 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinko
公勤均欣欽金錦
7 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinnosuke
勤均欣欽金錦
6 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKin
公均欣欽金錦
6 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinsaburō
均欣欽金錦
5 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKingorō
均欣欽金錦
5 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKintarō
均欣欽金錦
5 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKinzaburō
均欣欽金錦
5 shared kanji · 10 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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