Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Matoko

万斗子

Female-classified given-name records.

まとこマトコMatoko

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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 Matoko

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まとこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマトコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMatoko

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

Mora segmentationま · と · 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 Matoko 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 “Matoko”, 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

万斗子

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斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

万時子

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000時time, hour子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

的子

Characters and loaded glosses

的bull's eye, mark, target子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

真斗子

Characters and loaded glosses

真true, reality, Buddhist sect斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

真登子

Characters and loaded glosses

真true, reality, Buddhist sect登ascend, climb up子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

茉斗子

Characters and loaded glosses

茉jasmine斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

馬頭子

Characters and loaded glosses

馬horse頭head, counter for large animals子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

麻斗子

Characters and loaded glosses

麻hemp, flax, numb斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

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 Matoko 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

まとこ

Kanji-based spellings8

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

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms7

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

まとこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms11

11 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 11

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まとこMatoko	1111 source rows	female 11source rows · distinct forms: female 11	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 Matoko

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

10–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

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

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
まとこ	Matoko	3	8

Recurring first-position kanji

万ten thousand, 10,0002 forms 真true, reality2 forms 的bull's eye, mark1 form 茉jasmine1 form 馬horse1 form 麻hemp, flax1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat8 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

斗子4 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?

None of the 8 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading 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 readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading8

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

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 Matoko 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	8	0	8	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
斗	Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper	4	0	0	4	4	ます	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万	ten thousand, 10,000	2	2	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	2	2	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
時	time, hour	1	0	0	1	10	と, とぎ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
的	bull's eye, mark, target	1	1	0	0	8	いくは, ゆくは	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
登	ascend, climb up	1	0	0	1	12	たか, のぼし, のぼり, のり	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
茉	jasmine	1	1	0	0	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
馬	horse	1	1	0	0	10	た, ばん	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
頭	head, counter for large animals	1	0	0	1	16	かみ, がみ, ちゃん, つむり +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
麻	hemp, flax, numb	1	1	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

万斗子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

万時子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000時time, hour子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

的子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

的bull's eye, mark子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

真斗子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

真true, reality斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

真登子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

真true, reality登ascend, climb up子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

茉斗子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

茉jasmine斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

馬頭子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

馬horse頭head, counter for large animals子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

麻斗子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Matokoまとこ · this page

Characters in order

麻hemp, flax斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)子child, sign of the rat

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Matoko 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-1AM8 of 8 analyzed forms 斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper4 of 8 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,0002 of 8 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect2 of 8 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Matoko

8 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まとこ. 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.