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Japanese given name

Kiyokazu

喜代一

Given-name classification varies across source records.

きよかずキヨカズKiyokazu
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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 spellings13

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows13

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kiyokazu

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きよかず

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキヨカズ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKiyokazu

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

Mora segmentationき · よ · か · ず

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 Kiyokazu 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 “Kiyokazu”, 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

清一

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
清pure, purify, cleanse一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

清万

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
清pure, purify, cleanse万ten thousand, 10,000
Kanji spelling

清和

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
清pure, purify, cleanse和harmony, Japanese style, peace
Kanji spelling

清員

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
清pure, purify, cleanse員employee, member, number
Kanji spelling

清多

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
清pure, purify, cleanse多many, frequent, much
Kanji spelling

清甫

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
清pure, purify, cleanse甫for the first time, not until
Kanji spelling

清種

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
清pure, purify, cleanse種species, kind, class
Kanji spelling

清計

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
清pure, purify, cleanse計plot, plan, scheme
Kanji spelling

清量

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
清pure, purify, cleanse量quantity, measure, weight
Kanji spelling

潔和

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
潔undefiled, pure, clean和harmony, Japanese style, peace
Kanji spelling

精一

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
精refined, ghost, fairy一one, one radical (no.1)

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 13. 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 Kiyokazu 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

きよかず

Kanji-based spellings13

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 forms12

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

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 + surname

きよかず in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms13

13 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsmale 1 · unspecified 12

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
きよかずKiyokazu1313 source rowsmale 1 · unspecified 12source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · unspecified 1211 source row

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 Kiyokazu

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 data13

12–25 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms13

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
きよかずKiyokazu413
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

6 of 13 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 checked13

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings6

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading7

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

清多
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyokazuきよかず · this pageSeitaせいた
清種
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyokazuきよかず · this pageKiyotaneきよたね

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 Kiyokazu 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
清pure, purify, cleanse9900011あき, さや, し, すが +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
一one, one radical (no.1)303001かず, い, いっ, いる +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
和harmony, Japanese style, peace303008あい, いず, かず, かつ +13Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
喜rejoice, take pleasure in1100012あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
代substitute, change, convert100105すJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
万ten thousand, 10,000101003かず, ま, ゆるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
員employee, member, number1010010いな, かずJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
多many, frequent, much101006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
甫for the first time, not until101007はじめ, とし, なみ, すけ +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
種species, kind, class1010014おい, くさ, た, ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
計plot, plan, scheme101009え, かず, けJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
量quantity, measure, weight1010012かずJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

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

清一

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KiyoichiきよいちKiyokazuきよかず · this pageSeīchiせいいち
Characters in order
清pure, purify一one, one radical (no.1)
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
清一朗Given name · Seīchirō · せいいちろう清一郎Given name · Seīchirō · せいいちろう

The exact sequence 清一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 13. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kiyokazu 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.

清pure, purify, cleanse9 of 13 analyzed forms一one, one radical (no.1)3 of 13 analyzed forms和harmony, Japanese style, peace3 of 13 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kiyokazu

13 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きよかず. 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 Kiyokazu 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
喜代一きよかず喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 代 — substitute, change · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清一きよかず清 — pure, purify · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清万きよかず清 — pure, purify · 万 — ten thousand, 10,00014All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清和きよかず清 — pure, purify · 和 — harmony, Japanese style19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清員きよかず清 — pure, purify · 員 — employee, member21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清多きよかず清 — pure, purify · 多 — many, frequent17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清甫きよかず清 — pure, purify · 甫 — for the first time, not until18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清種きよかず清 — pure, purify · 種 — species, kind25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清計きよかず清 — pure, purify · 計 — plot, plan20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
清量きよかず清 — pure, purify · 量 — quantity, measure23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
潔和きよかず潔 — undefiled, pure · 和 — harmony, Japanese style23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
精一きよかず精 — refined, ghost · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
静和きよかず静 — quiet · 和 — harmony, Japanese style22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Kiyokazu 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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134 recorded spellings

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Kiyoko

132 recorded spellings

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Kyōjirō

123 recorded spellings

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117 recorded spellings

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Kyōko

113 recorded spellings

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Kyōsaburō

112 recorded spellings

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Kyōichirō

89 recorded spellings

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Kiyoka

83 recorded spellings

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Kyōka

79 recorded spellings

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Kiyoe

74 recorded spellings

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Kiyo

59 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Kiyokazu

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

Kazuyoshi

一万和員喜多

6 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuyo

一万代和員多

6 shared kanji · 47 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuo

一万代和員甫

6 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

一和員喜多

5 shared kanji · 81 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazumi

一万和員清

5 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazue

一万和員多

5 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hirokazu

一万和員多

5 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazumasa

一万和員多

5 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazutoshi

一万和員甫

5 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuko

一万和員種

5 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuyuki

一万和員喜

5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazunori

一万和員

4 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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清 — pure, purify

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一 — one, one radical (no.1)

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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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