group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kōko
かう子
Given-name classification varies across source records.
こうこコウコKōko
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings60 Source spelling/reading rows61 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 Kōko
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: Kouko. 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 Kōko 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 “Kōko”, 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
かう子
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
Kana-only spelling
こうこ
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こKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
こう子
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
コウ子
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
亘子
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
交子
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
享子
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
佼子
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
倖子
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
光子
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
公子
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
功子
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 61. 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 Kōko 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.
こうこ · コウこ
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.
こうこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| こうこKōko | 7172 source rows | female 58 · unspecified 14source rows · distinct forms: female 57 · unspecified 14 | 00 source rows |
| こうごKōgo | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1313 source rows |
| こうこKōko | 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 Kōko
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.
3–22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| こうこ | Kōko | 3 | 61 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
50 of 61 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
幸子
13 source-recorded readings
公子
香子
12 source-recorded readings
享子
11 source-recorded readings
光子
10 source-recorded readings
晃子
8 source-recorded readings
功子
7 source-recorded readings
紅子
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 Kōko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 紅 | crimson, deep red | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | くれ, もみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 好 | fond, pleasing, like something | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | こ, たか, とし, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 孝 | filial piety, child's respect | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たか, たかし, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 広 | wide, broad, spacious | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 湖 | lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | うみ, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 恋 | romance, in love, yearn for | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 晃 | clear | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | あき, あきら, てる, ひかる +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 浩 | wide expanse, abundance, vigorous | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ひろ, ひろし, ゆたか, こお | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 紘 | large | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ひろ, ひろし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 亘 | span, range, extend over | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | のぶ, とうる, わたる, ひさし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
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
かう子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ · this page
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Exact written form
こうこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ · this page
Characters in order
こKanaうKanaこKana
Exact written form
こう子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ · this page
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Exact written form
コウ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
亘子
Characters in order
Exact written form
交子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ · this pageTomokoともこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
享子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
佼子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kōkoこうこ · this pageSatokoさとこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
倖子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
光子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 61. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kōko 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.
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM52 of 61 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume3 of 61 analyzed forms紅crimson, deep red3 of 61 analyzed forms好fond, pleasing, like something2 of 61 analyzed forms孝filial piety, child's respect2 of 61 analyzed forms広wide, broad, spacious2 of 61 analyzed forms湖lake2 of 61 analyzed forms恋romance, in love, yearn for2 of 61 analyzed forms晃clear2 of 61 analyzed forms浩wide expanse, abundance, vigorous2 of 61 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kōko
61 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading こうこ. 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.
かう子
こうこ · Kōko
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こうこ
こうこ · Kōko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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こう子
こうこ · Kōko
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コウ子
コウこ · Kōko
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亘子
こうこ · Kōko
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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交子
こうこ · Kōko
交mingle, mixing, association, coming & going子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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享子
こうこ · Kōko
享enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone)子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佼子
こうこ · Kōko
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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倖子
こうこ · Kōko
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光子
こうこ · Kōko
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公子
こうこ · Kōko
公public, prince, official, governmental子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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功子
こうこ · Kōko
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劫子
こうこ · Kōko
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効子
こうこ · Kōko
効merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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厚子
こうこ · Kōko
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后子
こうこ · Kōko
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向子
こうこ · Kōko
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垢子
こうこ · Kōko
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好古
こうこ · Kōko
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好子
こうこ · Kōko
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孔子
こうこ · Kōko
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孝呼
こうこ · Kōko
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孝子
こうこ · Kōko
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宏子
こうこ · Kōko
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嵩子
こうこ · Kōko
嵩be aggravated, grow worse, grow bulky, swell子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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巧子
こうこ · Kōko
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幸子
こうこ · Kōko
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広子
こうこ · Kōko
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広湖
こうこ · Kōko
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康子
こうこ · Kōko
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弘子
こうこ · Kōko
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恋子
こうこ · Kōko
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恒子
こうこ · Kōko
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晃子
こうこ · Kōko
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晃香
こうこ · Kōko
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晧子
こうこ · Kōko
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江子
こうこ · Kōko
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洸子
こうこ · Kōko
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浩子
こうこ · Kōko
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浩湖
こうこ · Kōko
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滉子
こうこ · Kōko
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甲子
こうこ · Kōko
甲armor, high (voice), A grade, first class子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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白子
こうこ · Kōko
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皇子
こうこ · Kōko
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皓子
こうこ · Kōko
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紅子
こうこ · Kōko
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紅恋
こうこ · Kōko
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紅瑚
こうこ · Kōko
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紘子
こうこ · Kōko
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紘香
こうこ · Kōko
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羔子
こうこ · Kōko
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考子
こうこ · Kōko
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耕子
こうこ · Kōko
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興子
こうこ · Kōko
興entertain, revive, retrieve, interest子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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航子
こうこ · Kōko
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虹子
こうこ · Kōko
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貢子
こうこ · Kōko
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鎬子
こうこ · Kōko
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香子
こうこ · Kōko
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高子
こうこ · Kōko
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鴻子
こうこ · Kōko
鴻large bird, wild goose, large, great子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Spelling comparator
Compare Kōko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| かう子 | こうこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| こうこ | こうこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| こう子 | こうこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| コウ子 | コウこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亘子 | こうこ | 亘 — span, range · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 交子 | こうこ | 交 — mingle, mixing · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 享子 | こうこ | 享 — enjoy, receive · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佼子 | こうこ | 佼 — beautiful, clever · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 倖子 | こうこ | 倖 — happiness, luck · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光子 | こうこ | 光 — ray, light · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 公子 | こうこ | 公 — public, prince · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 功子 | こうこ | 功 — achievement, merits · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 劫子 | こうこ | 劫 — threat, long ages · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 効子 | こうこ | 効 — merit, efficacy · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 厚子 | こうこ | 厚 — thick, heavy · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 后子 | こうこ | 后 — empress, queen · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | 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 Kōko 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
Kōji
268 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKōichirō
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 →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kōko
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
Kyōko
好子孝恋晃湖紅香
8 shared kanji · 85 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKō
好孝広晃浩湖紅香
8 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōji
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōjirō
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōki
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSeikō
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōshi
好子孝晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōdō
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōichi
好孝広晃浩紅香
7 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiko
子広晃湖紅香
6 shared kanji · 273 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
好子孝湖紅香
6 shared kanji · 200 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiroko
好子広浩湖香
6 shared kanji · 122 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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