group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kōji
こうじ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
こうじコウジKōji
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings268 Source spelling/reading rows269 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 Kōji
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: Kouji. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Kōji 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 “Kōji”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
こうじ
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
こKana characterうKana characterじKana character
Kana-only spelling
コウジ
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
コKana characterウKana characterジKana character
Kanji spelling
亙児
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
亨二
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
亨史
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
仰嗣
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
候治
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
光二
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
光仁
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
光児
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
光史
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
光司
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 269. 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 Kōji 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.
こうじ · コウジ
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
recorded spelling
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.
こうじ in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
30 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| こうしKōshi | 317340 source rows | male 99 · female 3 · unspecified 238source rows · distinct forms: male 98 · female 3 · unspecified 228 | 00 source rows |
| こうじKōji | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 2730 source rows |
| こうじKōji | 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.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Kōji records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| コウジ | こうじ | Cozy |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
269 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Kōji
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.
6–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| こうじ | Kōji | 3 | 269 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
43 of 80 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
公志
10 source-recorded readings
光志
8 source-recorded readings
光史
7 source-recorded readings
剛司
6 source-recorded readings
光二
5 source-recorded readings
光治
5 source-recorded readings
好史
5 source-recorded readings
光仁
4 source-recorded readings
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 Kōji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 二 | two, two radical (no. 7) | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 治 | reign, be at peace, calm down | 35 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | し, ぢ, はり, はる +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 司 | director, official, govt office | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | つ, つか, つかさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 次 | next, order, sequence | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | き, すき, つぐ, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 児 | newborn babe, child, young of animals | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | る | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 浩 | wide expanse, abundance, vigorous | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ひろ, ひろし, ゆたか, こお | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 志 | intention, plan, resolve | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | じん, べ, べし, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 康 | ease, peace | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | かん, こ, みち, やす +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 光 | ray, light | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あき, あきら, こお, てる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 士 | gentleman, scholar, samurai | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | お, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 幸 | happiness, blessing, fortune | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | こ, さき, さし, さっ +6 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
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
こうじ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
こKanaうKanaじKana
Exact written form
コウジ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ
Characters in order
コKanaウKanaジKana
Exact written form
亙児
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亨二
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KyōjiきょうじKōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亨史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
仰嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
候治
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
光二
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
光仁
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
光児
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōjiこうじ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 269. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kōji 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.
二two, two radical (no. 7)48 of 269 analyzed forms治reign, be at peace, calm down35 of 269 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office35 of 269 analyzed forms次next, order, sequence27 of 269 analyzed forms児newborn babe, child, young of animals25 of 269 analyzed forms浩wide expanse, abundance, vigorous15 of 269 analyzed forms史history, chronicle13 of 269 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve13 of 269 analyzed forms康ease, peace12 of 269 analyzed forms光ray, light11 of 269 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kōji
269 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading こうじ. 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.
こうじ
こうじ · Kōji
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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コウジ
コウジ · Kōji
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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亙児
こうじ · Kōji
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亨二
こうじ · Kōji
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亨史
こうじ · Kōji
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仰嗣
こうじ · Kōji
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候治
こうじ · Kōji
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光二
こうじ · Kōji
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光仁
こうじ · Kōji
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光児
こうじ · Kōji
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光史
こうじ · Kōji
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光司
こうじ · Kōji
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光志
こうじ · Kōji
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光慈
こうじ · Kōji
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光次
こうじ · Kōji
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光治
こうじ · Kōji
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光示
こうじ · Kōji
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光至
こうじ · Kōji
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公二
こうじ · Kōji
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公似
こうじ · Kōji
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公司
こうじ · Kōji
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公嗣
こうじ · Kōji
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公士
こうじ · Kōji
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公志
こうじ · Kōji
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公次
こうじ · Kōji
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公治
こうじ · Kōji
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公耳
こうじ · Kōji
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公迩
こうじ · Kōji
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剛司
こうじ · Kōji
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功二
こうじ · Kōji
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功児
こうじ · Kōji
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功司
こうじ · Kōji
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功嗣
こうじ · Kōji
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功士
こうじ · Kōji
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功志
こうじ · Kōji
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功次
こうじ · Kōji
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功治
こうじ · Kōji
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厚二
こうじ · Kōji
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厚志
こうじ · Kōji
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厚次
こうじ · Kōji
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厚治
こうじ · Kōji
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吼児
こうじ · Kōji
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塙二
こうじ · Kōji
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好二
こうじ · Kōji
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好児
こうじ · Kōji
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好史
こうじ · Kōji
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好司
こうじ · Kōji
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好次
こうじ · Kōji
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好治
こうじ · Kōji
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孔二
こうじ · Kōji
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孔士
こうじ · Kōji
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孔治
こうじ · Kōji
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孝之
こうじ · Kōji
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孝二
こうじ · Kōji
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孝児
こうじ · Kōji
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孝司
こうじ · Kōji
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孝志
こうじ · Kōji
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孝慈
こうじ · Kōji
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孝次
こうじ · Kōji
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孝治
こうじ · Kōji
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孝道
こうじ · Kōji
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宏二
こうじ · Kōji
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宏司
こうじ · Kōji
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宏士
こうじ · Kōji
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宏次
こうじ · Kōji
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宏治
こうじ · Kōji
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宏爾
こうじ · Kōji
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宏路
こうじ · Kōji
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宰次
こうじ · Kōji
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小次
こうじ · Kōji
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岬二
こうじ · Kōji
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工事
こうじ · Kōji
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巧二
こうじ · Kōji
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巧児
こうじ · Kōji
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巧治
こうじ · Kōji
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幸二
こうじ · Kōji
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幸児
こうじ · Kōji
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幸司
こうじ · Kōji
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幸嗣
こうじ · Kōji
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.
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こうじ · Kōji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 269 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 268 distinct written spellings.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kōji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| こうじ | こうじ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| コウジ | コウジ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 亙児 | こうじ | 亙 — range, reach · 児 — newborn babe, child | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亨二 | こうじ | 亨 — pass through, go smoothly · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亨史 | こうじ | 亨 — pass through, go smoothly · 史 — history, chronicle | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仰嗣 | こうじ | 仰 — face-up, look up · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 候治 | こうじ | 候 — climate, season · 治 — reign, be at peace | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光二 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光仁 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 仁 — humanity, virtue | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光児 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 児 — newborn babe, child | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光史 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 史 — history, chronicle | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光司 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 司 — director, official | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光志 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 志 — intention, plan | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光慈 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 慈 — mercy | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光次 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 次 — next, order | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光治 | こうじ | 光 — ray, light · 治 — reign, be at peace | 14 | 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 Kōji 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 こう
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
Kōichirō
164 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōnosuke
148 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōjirō
145 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKōki
138 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōsaburō
128 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōtarō
117 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōsuke
104 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōichi
101 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōzō
97 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKōsei
78 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceKō
77 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōshō
64 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kōji
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
Hiroshi
二光史司康志次治浩
9 shared kanji · 83 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōjirō
二光児司康次治浩
8 shared kanji · 125 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMitsuji
二光児史司志次治
8 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 111 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSeiji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 91 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYūji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 70 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKeiji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 69 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShinji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipJōji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRyōji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 57 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEiji
二児史司志次治
7 shared kanji · 50 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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