group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kiyohiko
きよ彦
Given-name classification varies across source records.
きよひこキヨヒコKiyohiko
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings22 Source spelling/reading rows22 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 Kiyohiko
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: Kiyohiko. 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 Kiyohiko 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 “Kiyohiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
きよ彦
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
Kanji spelling
冽彦
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
喜与彦
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
喜代彦
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
圭彦
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
廉彦
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
斎彦
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
洌彦
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
浄彦
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
淳彦
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
清彦
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
清比古
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 22. 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 Kiyohiko 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.
きよひこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
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.
きよひこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| きよひこKiyohiko | 2222 source rows | male 21 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: male 21 · unspecified 1 | 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 Kiyohiko
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.
9–27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| きよひこ | Kiyohiko | 4 | 22 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
9 of 22 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
淳彦
5 source-recorded readings
圭彦
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageYoshihikoよしひこ
廉彦
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageYasuhikoやすひこ
斎彦
2 source-recorded readings
ItsuhikoいつひこKiyohikoきよひこ · this page
清彦
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageSumihikoすみひこ
澄彦
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageSumihikoすみひこ
精彦
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageYasuhikoやすひこ
虚彦
2 source-recorded readings
UtsuhikoうつひこKiyohikoきよひこ · 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 Kiyohiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 彦 | lad, boy, fine young man | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | よし, こ, ひろ, やす | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 与 | bestow, participate in, give | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | とも, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 代 | substitute, change, convert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | す | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 清 | pure, purify, cleanse | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あき, さや, し, すが +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 冽 | cold | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 圭 | square jewel, corner, angle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | か, きよ, たま, よし +2 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 廉 | bargain, reason, charge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | きよ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 斎 | purification, Buddhist food, room | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | いつき, さえ, ひとし, いつ +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 洌 | pure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 浄 | clean, purify, cleanse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | 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
きよ彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
冽彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Exact written form
喜与彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜代彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
圭彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageYoshihikoよしひこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
廉彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this pageYasuhikoやすひこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
斎彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
ItsuhikoいつひこKiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
洌彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Exact written form
浄彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyohikoきよひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
淳彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 22. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kiyohiko 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.
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kiyohiko
22 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きよひこ. 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.
きよ彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
冽彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
喜与彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
喜代彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
圭彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
廉彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
斎彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
洌彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
浄彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
淳彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
清彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
清比古
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
潔彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
澄彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
精彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
紀世彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
紀代彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
紀chronicle, account, narrative, history代substitute, change, convert, replace彦lad, boy, fine young man
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
聖彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
虚彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
規余彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貴与彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
雪彦
きよひこ · Kiyohiko
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kiyohiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| きよ彦 | きよひこ | 彦 — lad, boy | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 冽彦 | きよひこ | 冽 — cold · 彦 — lad, boy | 17 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 喜与彦 | きよひこ | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 与 — bestow, participate in · 彦 — lad, boy | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜代彦 | きよひこ | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 代 — substitute, change · 彦 — lad, boy | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 圭彦 | きよひこ | 圭 — square jewel, corner · 彦 — lad, boy | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 廉彦 | きよひこ | 廉 — bargain, reason · 彦 — lad, boy | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 斎彦 | きよひこ | 斎 — purification, Buddhist food · 彦 — lad, boy | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 洌彦 | きよひこ | 洌 — pure · 彦 — lad, boy | 18 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 浄彦 | きよひこ | 浄 — clean, purify · 彦 — lad, boy | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 淳彦 | きよひこ | 淳 — pure · 彦 — lad, boy | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清彦 | きよひこ | 清 — pure, purify · 彦 — lad, boy | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清比古 | きよひこ | 清 — pure, purify · 比 — compare, race · 古 — old | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 潔彦 | きよひこ | 潔 — undefiled, pure · 彦 — lad, boy | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 澄彦 | きよひこ | 澄 — lucidity, be clear · 彦 — lad, boy | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 精彦 | きよひこ | 精 — refined, ghost · 彦 — lad, boy | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 紀世彦 | きよひこ | 紀 — chronicle, account · 世 — generation, world · 彦 — lad, boy | 23 | 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 Kiyohiko 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
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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.
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132 recorded spellings
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123 recorded spellings
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117 recorded spellings
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113 recorded spellings
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112 recorded spellings
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89 recorded spellings
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83 recorded spellings
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79 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKiyoe
74 recorded spellings
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59 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kiyohiko
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
Kiyoko
与代冽喜廉斎清紀
8 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyomi
与代喜圭廉清紀
7 shared kanji · 57 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoshi
与代冽喜廉清紀
7 shared kanji · 57 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoka
与代喜圭廉清紀
7 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoe
与代喜圭清紀
6 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyo
与代喜廉清紀
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshie
与代喜圭清紀
6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshinori
与代喜圭紀
5 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayaka
与代圭清紀
5 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
与代喜圭清
5 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimi
与代喜圭彦
5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoji
与代喜清紀
5 shared kanji · 16 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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