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Japanese given name

Kyōko

きょうこ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

きょうこキョウコKyōko
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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 spellings113

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows114

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kyōko

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きょうこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキョウコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKyōko

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

Mora segmentationきょ · う · こ

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 Kyōko 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 “Kyōko”, 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

きょうこ

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
きKana characterょKana characterうKana characterこKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

きょう子

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
きKana characterょKana characterうKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

キョウ子

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
キKana characterョKana characterウKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

きょう湖

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ょKana characterうKana character湖lake
Kanji spelling

亨子

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
亨pass through, go smoothly子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

亨江

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
亨pass through, go smoothly江creek, inlet, bay
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
享enjoy, receive, undergo子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

京児

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
京capital, 10**16児newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kanji spelling

京古

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
京capital, 10**16古old
Kanji spelling

京号

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
京capital, 10**16号nickname, number, item
Kanji spelling

京好

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
京capital, 10**16好fond, pleasing, like something

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 114. 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 Kyōko 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

きょうこ · キョウこ

Kanji-based spellings113

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms88

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms22

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

きょうこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms118

138 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 133 · unspecified 5

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
きょうこKyōko118138 source rowsfemale 133 · unspecified 5source rows · distinct forms: female 113 · unspecified 500 source rows
きょうごKyōgo00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —11 source row
きょうこKyōko00 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 Kyōko

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 data113

3–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes15

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms105

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms8

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
きょうこKyōko3114
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
生子3 analyzed forms今日3 analyzed forms雨子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?

39 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.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings39

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading40

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set13

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Kyōko 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
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM76076003い, き, ぎ, く +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
京capital, 10**1613130008たかJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
響echo, sound, resound7700022—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
湖lake5050012うみ, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head5410019あき, かが, かがんJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
古old505005ふゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
今now550004なJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
杏apricot550007りょうJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
香incense, smell, perfume422009こ, こお, ひゃん, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
日day, sun, Japan410304あ, あき, いる, く +8Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
叶grant, answer440005かの, かのうJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
郷home town, village, native place4400011くにJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

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

きょうこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kyōkoきょうこ · this page
Characters in order
きKanaょKanaうKanaこKana
Exact written form

きょう湖

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kyōkoきょうこ · this page
Characters in order
きKanaょKanaうKana湖lake

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 114. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kyōko 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-1AM76 of 114 analyzed forms京capital, 10**1613 of 114 analyzed forms響echo, sound, resound7 of 114 analyzed forms湖lake5 of 114 analyzed forms鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head5 of 114 analyzed forms古old5 of 114 analyzed forms今now5 of 114 analyzed forms杏apricot5 of 114 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume4 of 114 analyzed forms日day, sun, Japan4 of 114 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kyōko

114 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きょうこ. 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.

きょうこ

きょうこ · Kyōko

Katakana キョウコMorae 3Strokes —

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

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きょう湖

きょうこ · Kyōko

Katakana キョウコMorae 3Strokes 12
湖lake
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 114 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 113 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Kyōko 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
きょうこきょうこKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
きょう子きょうこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
キョウ子キョウこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
きょう湖きょうこ湖 — lake12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万華鏡きょうこ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 華 — splendor, flower · 鏡 — mirror, speculum32All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亨子きょうこ亨 — pass through, go smoothly · 子 — child, sign of the rat10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亨江きょうこ亨 — pass through, go smoothly · 江 — creek, inlet13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
享子きょうこ享 — enjoy, receive · 子 — child, sign of the rat11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京児きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 児 — newborn babe, child15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京古きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 古 — old13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京号きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 号 — nickname, number13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京好きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 好 — fond, pleasing14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京姫きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 姫 — princess18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京子きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 子 — child, sign of the rat11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京己きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 己 — self11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京湖きょうこ京 — capital, 10**16 · 湖 — lake20All 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 Kyōko 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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144 recorded spellings

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Kiyoshi

134 recorded spellings

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Kiyoko

132 recorded spellings

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Kyōjirō

123 recorded spellings

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Kyōnosuke

117 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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Kyōji

52 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Kyōko

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

Kiyōko

京今子日杏鏡響香

8 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kyōka

京今日杏鏡響香

7 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kikyō

京今日杏鏡響香

7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kyōmi

京今日杏鏡響香

7 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kyō

京今日杏鏡響香

7 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kanako

今古子日湖香

6 shared kanji · 166 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hanako

古子日杏湖香

6 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings

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Akiko

古子杏湖香

5 shared kanji · 274 matching source-recorded spellings

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Keiko

京子湖鏡香

5 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroko

古子日湖香

5 shared kanji · 120 matching source-recorded spellings

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Ayako

古子杏湖香

5 shared kanji · 105 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hisako

古子日湖香

5 shared kanji · 101 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Ki / き

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子 — child, sign of the rat

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京 — capital, 10**16

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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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