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Japanese given name

Masakatsu

仁勝

Given-name classification varies across source records.

まさかつマサカツMasakatsu
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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 spellings27

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows27

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Masakatsu

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まさかつ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマサカツ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMasakatsu

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

Mora segmentationま · さ · か · つ

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 Masakatsu 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 “Masakatsu”, 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

仁勝

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
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence勝victory, win, prevail
Kanji spelling

傑将

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
傑greatness, excellence将leader, commander, general
Kanji spelling

公克

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
公public, prince, official克overcome, kindly, skillfully
Kanji spelling

匡克

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
匡correct, save, assist克overcome, kindly, skillfully
Kanji spelling

匡勝

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
匡correct, save, assist勝victory, win, prevail
Kanji spelling

将克

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
将leader, commander, general克overcome, kindly, skillfully
Kanji spelling

将勝

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
将leader, commander, general勝victory, win, prevail
Kanji spelling

政克

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
政politics, government克overcome, kindly, skillfully
Kanji spelling

政勝

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
政politics, government勝victory, win, prevail
Kanji spelling

政遒

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
政politics, government遒strong, powerful

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 27. 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 Masakatsu 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

まさかつ

Kanji-based spellings27

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 forms27

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

まさかつ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms27

27 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · unspecified 25

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
まさかつMasakatsu2727 source rowsmale 2 · unspecified 25source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · unspecified 2500 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 Masakatsu

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 data27

11–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms26

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
まさかつMasakatsu427
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

8 of 27 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 checked27

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings8

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading19

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

公克
2 source-recorded readings
KimikatsuきみかつMasakatsuまさかつ · this page
誠勝
2 source-recorded readings
SeikatsuせいかつMasakatsuまさかつ · 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 Masakatsu 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
勝victory, win, prevail110110012かち, と, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
克overcome, kindly, skillfully10010007かつ, まさる, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
正correct, justice, righteous440005おお, くに, ま, まさし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
将leader, commander, general3210010かつ, かつり, すすむ, たか +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
政politics, government330009ただ, まさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
昌prosperous, bright, clear330008まさ, まさし, よし, あき +4Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
匡correct, save, assist220006ただ, ただし, まさ, まさし +3Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes220008いく, そ, ただ, まさ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
真true, reality, Buddhist sect2200010さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
誠sincerity, admonish, warn2200013きよ, さと, しげ, とも +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
雅gracious, elegant, graceful2200013う, お, か, ただし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence110004きみ, く, さと, しのぶ +10Jōyō · 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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 27. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Masakatsu 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.

勝victory, win, prevail11 of 27 analyzed forms克overcome, kindly, skillfully10 of 27 analyzed forms正correct, justice, righteous4 of 27 analyzed forms将leader, commander, general3 of 27 analyzed forms政politics, government3 of 27 analyzed forms昌prosperous, bright, clear3 of 27 analyzed forms匡correct, save, assist2 of 27 analyzed forms征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes2 of 27 analyzed forms真true, reality, Buddhist sect2 of 27 analyzed forms誠sincerity, admonish, warn2 of 27 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Masakatsu

27 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まさかつ. 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 Masakatsu 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
仁勝まさかつ仁 — humanity, virtue · 勝 — victory, win16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
傑将まさかつ傑 — greatness, excellence · 将 — leader, commander23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公克まさかつ公 — public, prince · 克 — overcome, kindly11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匡克まさかつ匡 — correct, save · 克 — overcome, kindly13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匡勝まさかつ匡 — correct, save · 勝 — victory, win18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将克まさかつ将 — leader, commander · 克 — overcome, kindly17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将勝まさかつ将 — leader, commander · 勝 — victory, win22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征克まさかつ征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 克 — overcome, kindly15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征勝まさかつ征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 勝 — victory, win20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
政克まさかつ政 — politics, government · 克 — overcome, kindly16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
政勝まさかつ政 — politics, government · 勝 — victory, win21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
政遒まさかつ政 — politics, government · 遒 — strong, powerful22Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
昌克まさかつ昌 — prosperous, bright · 克 — overcome, kindly15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
昌功まさかつ昌 — prosperous, bright · 功 — achievement, merits13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
昌勝まさかつ昌 — prosperous, bright · 勝 — victory, win20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
正克まさかつ正 — correct, justice · 克 — overcome, kindly12All 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 Masakatsu 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 まさ

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 · mixed records · limited reference

Masami

226 recorded spellings

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Masao

171 recorded spellings

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Masayoshi

170 recorded spellings

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Masaki

163 recorded spellings

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Masae

160 recorded spellings

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Masahiro

151 recorded spellings

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Masanori

145 recorded spellings

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Masako

115 recorded spellings

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Masāki

105 recorded spellings

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Masashi

100 recorded spellings

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Masatoshi

83 recorded spellings

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Masayuki

77 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Masakatsu

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

Masayoshi

克勝匡将征政昌正真誠

10 shared kanji · 118 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masao

克勝匡将征政昌正真誠

10 shared kanji · 80 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masaki

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 99 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masanori

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 98 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masami

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 93 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masahiro

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 87 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masae

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masāki

克勝匡将政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masashi

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masayuki

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masanobu

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masako

勝匡将征政昌正真誠

9 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Masakatsu

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Exact reading

Search まさかつ

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Ma / ま

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勝 — victory, win

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克 — overcome, kindly

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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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