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ReferenceNamesMasuhiko
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Masuhiko

万寿彦

Male-classified given-name records.

ますひこマスヒコMasuhiko
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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 spellings8

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows8

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Masuhiko

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ますひこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマスヒコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMasuhiko

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

Mora segmentationま · す · ひ · こ

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 Masuhiko 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 “Masuhiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings8

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

升彦

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.

Kanji spelling

増彦

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.

Kanji spelling

益彦

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.

Kanji spelling

益比古

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.

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 Masuhiko 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

ますひこ

Kanji-based spellings8

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 forms3

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms5

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

ますひこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms8

8 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 8

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ますひこMasuhiko88 source rowsmale 8source rows · distinct forms: male 800 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 Masuhiko

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 data8

13–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms8

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
ますひこMasuhiko48
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
寿彦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?

1 of 8 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 checked8

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings1

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading7

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

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 Masuhiko 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
彦lad, boy, fine young man707009よし, こ, ひろ, やすJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
万ten thousand, 10,000220003かず, ま, ゆるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life200207かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
満full, fullness, enough2200012ま, みち, みつ, みつるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
益benefit, gain, profit2200010まし, ますJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
州state, province100106くにJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
升measuring box, 1.8 liter110004のぼるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
増increase, add, augment1100014まし, ますJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
須ought, by all means, necessarily1001012もとむ, ぞJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
比compare, race, ratio100104い, ぴっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
古old101005ふゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

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.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Masuhiko 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.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Masuhiko

8 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ますひこ. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Masuhiko 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
万寿彦ますひこ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 彦 — lad, boy19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万州彦ますひこ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 州 — state, province · 彦 — lad, boy18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
升彦ますひこ升 — measuring box, 1.8 liter · 彦 — lad, boy13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
増彦ますひこ増 — increase, add · 彦 — lad, boy23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
満寿彦ますひこ満 — full, fullness · 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 彦 — lad, boy28All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
満須彦ますひこ満 — full, fullness · 須 — ought, by all means · 彦 — lad, boy33All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
益彦ますひこ益 — benefit, gain · 彦 — lad, boy19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
益比古ますひこ益 — benefit, gain · 比 — compare, race · 古 — old19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Masuhiko 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 ます

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Masuhiko

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.

Continue research

Where to go next from Masuhiko

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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