Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kintarō

キンタロウ

Male-classified given-name records.

きんたろうキンタロウKintarō

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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 spellings38

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows38

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kintarō

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きんたろう

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキンタロウ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKintarō

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

Mora segmentationき · ん · た · ろ · う

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Kintarō 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 “Kintarō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

キンタロウ

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

キKana characterンKana characterタKana characterロKana characterウKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

きん太郎

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

きKana characterんKana character太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

均多朗

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

均level, average多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

均多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

均level, average多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

均太朗

Characters and loaded glosses

均level, average太plump, thick, big around朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

均太郎

Characters and loaded glosses

均level, average太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

巾多朗

Characters and loaded glosses

巾towel, hanging scroll, width多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

巾多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

巾towel, hanging scroll, width多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

巾太朗

Characters and loaded glosses

巾towel, hanging scroll, width太plump, thick, big around朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

巾太郎

Characters and loaded glosses

巾towel, hanging scroll, width太plump, thick, big around郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

斤多朗

Characters and loaded glosses

斤axe, 1.32 lb, catty多many, frequent, much朗clear, bright, distinct

Kanji spelling

斤多郎

Characters and loaded glosses

斤axe, 1.32 lb, catty多many, frequent, much郎son, counter for sons

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 38. 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 Kintarō 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 readings2

きんたろう · キンタロウ

Kanji-based spellings37

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters5

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae5

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms36

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

きんたろう in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms42

42 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 42

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
きんたろうKintarō	4242 source rows	male 42source rows · distinct forms: male 42	00 source rows
きんたろうKintarō	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 Kintarō

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 data37

13–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes24

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms37

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
きんたろう	Kintarō	5	38

Recurring first-position kanji

均level, average4 forms 巾towel, hanging scroll4 forms 斤axe, 1.32 lb4 forms 欣take pleasure in, rejoice4 forms 欽respect, revere4 forms 琴harp, koto4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

郎son, counter for sons19 forms 朗clear, bright18 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

太郎10 analyzed forms 多朗9 analyzed forms 多郎9 analyzed forms 太朗9 analyzed forms 均多2 analyzed forms 均太2 analyzed forms

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?

1 of 38 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 checked38

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings1

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading37

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

金太郎

2 source-recorded readings

KanetarōかねたろうKintarōきんたろう · 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 Kintarō 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
太	plump, thick, big around	19	0	0	19	4	おお, たか, ひろ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
郎	son, counter for sons	19	0	19	0	9	いら, お, とう, もん +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
多	many, frequent, much	18	0	0	18	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
朗	clear, bright, distinct	18	0	18	0	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
均	level, average	4	4	0	0	7	ひとし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
巾	towel, hanging scroll, width	4	4	0	0	3	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
斤	axe, 1.32 lb, catty	4	4	0	0	4	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
欣	take pleasure in, rejoice	4	4	0	0	8	やすし, よし, し	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
欽	respect, revere, long for	4	4	0	0	12	よし, ひとし	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
琴	harp, koto	4	4	0	0	12	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
謹	—	4	4	0	0	18	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
金	gold	4	4	0	0	8	かん, きむ, こ, この +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1

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

キンタロウ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

キKanaンKanaタKanaロKanaウKana

Exact written form

きん太郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

きKanaんKana太plump, thick郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

均多朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

均level, average多many, frequent朗clear, bright

Exact written form

均多郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

均level, average多many, frequent郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

均太朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

均level, average太plump, thick朗clear, bright

Exact written form

均太郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

均level, average太plump, thick郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

巾多朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

巾towel, hanging scroll多many, frequent朗clear, bright

Exact written form

巾多郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

巾towel, hanging scroll多many, frequent郎son, counter for sons

Exact written form

巾太朗

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

巾towel, hanging scroll太plump, thick朗clear, bright

Exact written form

巾太郎

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kintarōきんたろう · this page

Characters in order

巾towel, hanging scroll太plump, thick郎son, counter for sons

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 38. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kintarō 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.

太plump, thick, big around19 of 38 analyzed forms 郎son, counter for sons19 of 38 analyzed forms 多many, frequent, much18 of 38 analyzed forms 朗clear, bright, distinct18 of 38 analyzed forms 均level, average4 of 38 analyzed forms 巾towel, hanging scroll, width4 of 38 analyzed forms 斤axe, 1.32 lb, catty4 of 38 analyzed forms 欣take pleasure in, rejoice4 of 38 analyzed forms 欽respect, revere, long for4 of 38 analyzed forms 琴harp, koto4 of 38 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kintarō

38 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きんたろう. 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.

キンタロウ

キンタロウ · Kintarō

Katakana キンタロウMorae 5Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Kintarō

Extended source depth

How to read Kintarō

What can Kintarō mean?

キンタロウ

きん太郎

均多朗

均多郎

均太朗

均太郎

巾多朗

巾多郎

巾太朗

巾太郎

斤多朗

斤多郎

How to read these meanings

How Kintarō is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Kintarō

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Kintarō spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

キンタロウ

きん太郎

均多朗

均多郎

均太朗

均太郎

巾多朗

巾多郎

巾太朗

巾太郎

Kanji recurring across Kintarō spellings

Explore written forms of Kintarō

キンタロウ

きん太郎

均多朗

均多郎

均太朗

均太郎

巾多朗

巾多郎

巾太朗

巾太郎

斤多朗

斤多郎

斤太朗

斤太郎

欣多朗

欣多郎

欣太朗

欣太郎

欽多朗

欽多郎

欽太朗

欽太郎

琴多朗

琴多郎

琴太朗

琴太郎

謹多朗

謹多郎

謹太朗

謹太郎

金多朗

金多郎

金太朗

金太郎

錦多朗

錦多郎

錦太朗

錦太郎

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What does Kintarō mean?

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