group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings2 Source spelling/reading rows2 Coverage levelLimited
Limited source depth
This reading group has a small dictionary footprint. The page keeps the source-recorded evidence concise rather than filling missing context with assumptions.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Puko
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: Puko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Puko 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 “Puko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
ぷぅこ
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
ぷKana characterぅKana characterこKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
ぷぅ子
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
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 Puko 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.
ぷぅこ
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
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.
ぷぅこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ふうこFūko | 2021 source rows | female 18 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: female 17 · unspecified 3 | 00 source rows |
| ぷぅこPuko | 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.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Puko records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| ぷぅこ | ぷぅこ | Puuko |
| ぷぅ子 | ぷぅこ | Puuko |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Puko
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.
3–3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ぷぅこ | Puko | 2 | 2 |
Kanji role reference
How recurring characters function across Puko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
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
ぷぅこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Pukoぷぅこ · this page
Characters in order
ぷKanaぅKanaこKana
Exact written form
ぷぅ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Pukoぷぅこ · this page
Characters in order
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Puko
2 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ぷぅこ. 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.
ぷぅこ
ぷぅこ · Puko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ぷぅ子
ぷぅこ · Puko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Puko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ぷぅこ | ぷぅこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ぷぅ子 | ぷぅこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Puko 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
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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.
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21 recorded spellings
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19 recorded spellings
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17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFūga
10 recorded spellings
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10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFūa
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceFūma
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFūmi
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFūrin
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceFūsa
4 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Puko
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
Akiko
子
1 shared kanji · 263 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYukiko
子
1 shared kanji · 247 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
子
1 shared kanji · 184 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSakiko
子
1 shared kanji · 165 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuko
子
1 shared kanji · 163 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMakiko
子
1 shared kanji · 162 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanako
子
1 shared kanji · 158 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNoriko
子
1 shared kanji · 158 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKimiko
子
1 shared kanji · 157 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEmiko
子
1 shared kanji · 150 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKayoko
子
1 shared kanji · 139 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYumiko
子
1 shared kanji · 131 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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