Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Masuko

マスコ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

ますこマスコMasuko

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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 spellings31

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows32

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Masuko

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ますこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマスコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMasuko

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

Mora segmentationま · す · 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 Masuko 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 “Masuko”, 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

マスコ

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

マKana characterスKana characterコKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ます子

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

まKana characterすKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

マス子

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

マKana characterスKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

万寿子

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

万ten thousand, 10,000寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

万州子

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000州state, province子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

万珠子

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000珠pearl, gem, jewel子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

万須子

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000須ought, by all means, necessarily子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

倍子

Characters and loaded glosses

倍double, twice, times子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

加子

Characters and loaded glosses

加add, addition, increase子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

升子

Characters and loaded glosses

升measuring box, 1.8 liter子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

和子

Characters and loaded glosses

和harmony, Japanese style, peace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

増子

Characters and loaded glosses

増increase, add, augment子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 32. 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 Masuko 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 readings3

ますこ · マスコ · マスこ

Kanji-based spellings31

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms8

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms21

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 + surname

ますこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms31

32 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms10

11 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 31 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ますこMasuko	3132 source rows	female 31 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 30 · unspecified 1	1011 source rows
ますこMasuko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
ますこMasuko	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 Masuko

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 data31

3–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms31

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ますこ	Masuko	3	32

Recurring first-position kanji

満full, fullness5 forms 万ten thousand, 10,0004 forms 真true, reality4 forms 麻hemp, flax3 forms 眞truth, reality2 forms 茉jasmine2 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat31 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

寿子6 analyzed forms 珠子4 analyzed forms 須子4 analyzed forms 州子2 analyzed forms 壽子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?

11 of 32 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 checked32

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings11

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading20

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set18

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

和子

18 source-recorded readings

Aikoあいこ Kazukoかずこ Kazumiかずみ Katsukoかつこ Kazukoかづこ Suzukoすずこ

尚子

14 source-recorded readings

Sachikoさちこ Jōkoじょうこ Shōkoしょうこ Takakoたかこ Takaneたかね Naokoなおこ

眞子

9 source-recorded readings

Shinkoしんこ Makikoまきこ Makoまこ MasakoまさこMasukoますこ · this pageManakoまなこ

益子

5 source-recorded readings

Ekikoえきこ MashikoましこMasukoますこ · this pageMitsukoみつこ Yoshikoよしこ

真珠子

4 source-recorded readings

Shizukoしずこ TamakoたまこMasukoますこ · this pageMamikoまみこ

加子

3 source-recorded readings

Kakoかこ TakakoたかこMasukoますこ · this page

万珠子

2 source-recorded readings

Masukoますこ · this pageMamikoまみこ

万須子

2 source-recorded readings

Masukoますこ · this pageMansukoまんすこ

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 Masuko 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	31	0	31	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
寿	longevity, congratulations, one's natural life	6	0	0	6	7	かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
満	full, fullness, enough	5	5	0	0	12	ま, みち, みつ, みつる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
万	ten thousand, 10,000	4	4	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
珠	pearl, gem, jewel	4	0	0	4	10	す, とも, ま, み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
須	ought, by all means, necessarily	4	0	0	4	12	もとむ, ぞ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	4	4	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
麻	hemp, flax, numb	3	3	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
州	state, province	2	0	0	2	6	くに	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
壽	longevity, congratulations	2	0	0	2	14	かず, じ, とし, ひさ +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
眞	truth, reality, Buddhist sect	2	2	0	0	10	さな, ち, まこ, まさ +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
茉	jasmine	2	2	0	0	8	み	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

マスコ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

マKanaスKanaコKana

Exact written form

ます子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

まKanaすKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

マス子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ

Characters in order

マKanaスKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

万寿子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000寿longevity, congratulations子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

万州子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000州state, province子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

万珠子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this pageMamikoまみこ

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000珠pearl, gem子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

万須子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this pageMansukoまんすこ

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000須ought, by all means子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

倍子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Masukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

倍double, twice子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

加子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kakoかこ TakakoたかこMasukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

加add, addition子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

升子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

ShōkoしょうこMasukoますこ · this page

Characters in order

升measuring box, 1.8 liter子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 32. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Masuko 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 Masuko

32 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ますこ. 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.

マスコ

マスコ · Masuko

Katakana マスコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Masuko

Extended source depth

How to read Masuko

What can Masuko mean?

マスコ

ます子

マス子

万寿子

万州子

万珠子

万須子

倍子

加子

升子

和子

増子

How to read these meanings

How Masuko is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Masuko

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Masuko spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

マスコ

ます子

マス子

万寿子

万州子

万珠子

万須子

倍子

加子

升子

Kanji recurring across Masuko spellings

Explore written forms of Masuko

マスコ

ます子

マス子

万寿子

万州子

万珠子

万須子

倍子

加子

升子

和子

増子

尚子

満壽子

満寿子

満州子

満洲子

満須子

益子

眞子

眞須子

真寸子

真寿子

真珠子

真須子

茉寿子

茉珠子

萬壽子

萬寿子

麻寿子

麻珠子

麻素子

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What does Masuko mean?

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