group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Osami
おさみ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
おさみオサミOsami
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings19 Source spelling/reading rows19 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Osami
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Osami. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Osami 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 “Osami”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
おさみ
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
おKana characterさKana characterみKana character
Kanji spelling
修
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
Kanji spelling
修三
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
Kanji spelling
修己
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
Kanji spelling
修未
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
Kanji spelling
修生
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
Kanji spelling
修美
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
Kanji spelling
修身
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
Kanji spelling
修道
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
Kanji spelling
制海
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
Kanji spelling
収実
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
Kanji spelling
収美
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 19. 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 Osami 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.
おさみ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
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.
おさみ in the imported JMnedict corpus
19 source spelling/reading rows
2 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| おさみOsami | 1919 source rows | female 11 · unspecified 8source rows · distinct forms: female 11 · unspecified 8 | 22 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 Osami
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.
10–22 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| おさみ | Osami | 3 | 19 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
10 of 19 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
修
8 source-recorded readings
長生
修美
修己
修生
3 source-recorded readings
長美
修三
2 source-recorded readings
Osamiおさみ · this pageShūzōしゅうぞう
修身
2 source-recorded readings
Osamiおさみ · this pageShūshinしゅうしん
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 Osami 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 | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 修 | discipline, conduct oneself well, study | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | おき, なが, のぶ, おさむ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 脩 | dried meat | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | おさむ, おさ, なが, のぶ +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 長 | long, leader, superior | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | お, おしゃ, たかし, たけ +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 己 | self | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | し, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 海 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 収 | income, obtain, reap | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | のぶ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 三 | three | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | か, さ, さい, さえ +11 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 未 | un-, not yet, hitherto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 身 | somebody, person, one's station in life | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
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
おさみ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this page
Characters in order
おKanaさKanaみKana
Exact written form
修
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
修三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this pageShūzōしゅうぞう
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 修三 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
修己
Characters in order
Exact written form
修未
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
修生
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
修美
Characters in order
Exact written form
修身
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this pageShūshinしゅうしん
Characters in order
Exact written form
修道
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this pageNagamichiながみち
Characters in order
Exact written form
制海
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Osamiおさみ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 19. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Osami 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.
修discipline, conduct oneself well, study8 of 19 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful4 of 19 analyzed forms脩dried meat3 of 19 analyzed forms長long, leader, superior3 of 19 analyzed forms己self2 of 19 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth2 of 19 analyzed forms海Kanji record2 of 19 analyzed forms収income, obtain, reap2 of 19 analyzed forms巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac2 of 19 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Osami
19 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading おさみ. 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.
おさみ
おさみ · Osami
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
修
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修三
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修己
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修未
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
修生
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修美
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修身
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
修道
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
制海
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
収実
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
収美
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小砂海
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
脩己
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
脩巳
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
脩美
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
長巳
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
長生
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
長美
おさみ · Osami
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Spelling comparator
Compare Osami 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.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| おさみ | おさみ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 修 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修三 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 三 — three | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修己 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 己 — self | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修未 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 未 — un-, not yet | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修生 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 生 — life, genuine | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修美 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修身 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 身 — somebody, person | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 修道 | おさみ | 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 道 — road-way, street | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 制海 | おさみ | 制 — system, law · 海 | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 収実 | おさみ | 収 — income, obtain · 実 — reality, truth | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 収美 | おさみ | 収 — income, obtain · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小砂海 | おさみ | 小 — little, small · 砂 — sand · 海 | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 脩己 | おさみ | 脩 — dried meat · 己 — self | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 脩巳 | おさみ | 脩 — dried meat · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 脩美 | おさみ | 脩 — dried meat · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 20 | All 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 Osami 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 おさ
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
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82 recorded spellings
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12 recorded spellings
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10 recorded spellings
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6 recorded spellings
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6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceOsa
3 recorded spellings
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3 recorded spellings
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3 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Osami
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
Yoshimi
三修己巳海生美
7 shared kanji · 150 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasumi
三己巳海生美長
7 shared kanji · 94 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNaomi
三修己巳海生美
7 shared kanji · 79 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomomi
三修己巳海生美
7 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyumi
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 224 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiromi
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 127 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiyuki
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 113 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasami
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 113 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkimi
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 107 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatomi
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 106 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAsami
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 97 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiki
三己巳海生美
6 shared kanji · 90 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →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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