group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Sachio
三千男
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
さちおサチオSachio
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings36 Source spelling/reading rows38 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 Sachio
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: Sachio. 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 Sachio 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 “Sachio”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
三千男
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
佐千夫
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
佐千男
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
佐千雄
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
佐智夫
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
佐智央
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
佐智男
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
佐知夫
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
倖生
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
左千夫
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
左智夫
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
幸代
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 36. 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 Sachio 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.
さちお · さちを
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
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.
さちお in the imported JMnedict corpus
35 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| さちおSachio | 3535 source rows | male 2 · female 5 · unspecified 28source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · female 5 · unspecified 28 | 11 source row |
| さちをSachio | 33 source rows | female 3source rows · distinct forms: female 3 | 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 Sachio 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 幸代 | さちを | Sachiwo |
| 幸緒 | さちを | Sachiwo |
| 祥緒 | さちを | Sachiwo |
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.
38 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Sachio
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.
11–32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さちお | Sachio | 3 | 35 |
| さちを | Sachio | 3 | 3 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
20 of 36 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
幸生
8 source-recorded readings
幸代
6 source-recorded readings
幸郎
6 source-recorded readings
幸雄
幸男
幸朗
4 source-recorded readings
祥男
祥郎
4 source-recorded readings
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 Sachio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 幸 | happiness, blessing, fortune | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | こ, さき, さし, さっ +6 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 夫 | husband, man | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | お, と, ゆう, よ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 男 | male | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 佐 | assistant, help | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 祥 | good luck | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 千 | thousand | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | かず, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 智 | wisdom, intellect, reason | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | さと, さとし, さとる, さとい +9 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 雄 | masculine, male, hero | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 央 | center, middle | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, え, お, さと +6 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 緒 | thong, beginning, inception | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ほ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 左 | left | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | そ | 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
三千男
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this pageMichioみちお
Exact written form
佐千夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐千男
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐千雄
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐智夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐智央
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐智男
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐知夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
倖生
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KōkiこうきSachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
左千夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sachioさちお · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 36. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Sachio 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.
幸happiness, blessing, fortune11 of 36 analyzed forms夫husband, man9 of 36 analyzed forms男male7 of 36 analyzed forms佐assistant, help7 of 36 analyzed forms祥good luck7 of 36 analyzed forms千thousand6 of 36 analyzed forms智wisdom, intellect, reason5 of 36 analyzed forms雄masculine, male, hero4 of 36 analyzed forms央center, middle3 of 36 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth3 of 36 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Sachio
35 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さちお. 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.
三千男
さちお · Sachio
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.
佐千夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐千男
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐千雄
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐智夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐智央
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐智男
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐知夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
倖生
さちお · Sachio
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.
左千夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
左智夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
幸代
さちを · Sachio
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.
幸大
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸夫
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸央
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
幸朗
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸生
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸男
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸緒
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸緒
さちを · Sachio
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.
幸翁
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
幸郎
さちお · Sachio
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.
幸雄
さちお · Sachio
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.
悌夫
さちお · Sachio
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.
早智緒
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
狭千朗
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
砂地夫
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
祐男
さちお · Sachio
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.
祐雄
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥夫
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥央
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
祥生
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥男
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥緒
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥緒
さちを · Sachio
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.
祥郎
さちお · Sachio
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.
祥雄
さちお · Sachio
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.
鯱男
さちお · Sachio
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Sachio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 三千男 | さちお | 三 — three · 千 — thousand · 男 — male | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐千夫 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 千 — thousand · 夫 — husband, man | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐千男 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 千 — thousand · 男 — male | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐千雄 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 千 — thousand · 雄 — masculine, male | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐智夫 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 智 — wisdom, intellect · 夫 — husband, man | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐智央 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 智 — wisdom, intellect · 央 — center, middle | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐智男 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 智 — wisdom, intellect · 男 — male | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐知夫 | さちお | 佐 — assistant, help · 知 — know, wisdom · 夫 — husband, man | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 倖生 | さちお | 倖 — happiness, luck · 生 — life, genuine | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 左千夫 | さちお | 左 — left · 千 — thousand · 夫 — husband, man | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 左智夫 | さちお | 左 — left · 智 — wisdom, intellect · 夫 — husband, man | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸代 | さちを | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 代 — substitute, change | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸大 | さちお | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 大 — large, big | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸夫 | さちお | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 夫 — husband, man | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸央 | さちお | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 央 — center, middle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸朗 | さちお | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 朗 — clear, bright | 19 | 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 Sachio 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 さち
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 · female · limited reference
Sachiko
89 recorded spellings
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78 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachika
51 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachiyo
50 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachi
39 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachiho
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachina
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachimi
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachino
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSachihiko
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachiha
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSachine
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Sachio
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
Yoshio
千夫央生男祥雄
7 shared kanji · 226 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMichio
千夫央智生男雄
7 shared kanji · 113 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYukio
千夫央幸生男雄
7 shared kanji · 102 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisao
佐夫央幸生男雄
7 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipChikao
千夫央智生男雄
7 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasao
佐夫央生男雄
6 shared kanji · 118 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNorio
夫央智生男雄
6 shared kanji · 111 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkio
夫央生男祥雄
6 shared kanji · 110 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazuo
千夫央生男雄
6 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomō
夫央智生男雄
6 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHisao
佐夫央生男雄
6 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSachiyo
佐千幸智生祥
6 shared kanji · 36 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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