group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Saiji
宰司
Given-name gender label not specified in these source records.
さいじサイジSaiji
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings12 Source spelling/reading rows12 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 Saiji
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: Saiji. 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 Saiji 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 “Saiji”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
宰司
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
宰次
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
宰治
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
才二
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
才司
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
才次
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
才治
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
斉次
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
斎治
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
済治
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
菜路
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
財司
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
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 Saiji 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.
さいじ
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
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.
さいじ in the imported JMnedict corpus
15 source spelling/reading rows
7 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| さいじSaiji | 1515 source rows | female 2 · unspecified 13source rows · distinct forms: female 2 · unspecified 13 | 77 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 Saiji
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.
5–24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さいじ | Saiji | 3 | 12 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
3 of 12 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
才二
4 source-recorded readings
斉次
3 source-recorded readings
宰次
2 source-recorded readings
KōjiこうじSaijiさいじ · this page
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 Saiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 治 | reign, be at peace, calm down | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | し, ぢ, はり, はる +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 才 | genius, years old, cubic shaku | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 宰 | superintend, manager, rule | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ただ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 司 | director, official, govt office | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | つ, つか, つかさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 次 | next, order, sequence | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | き, すき, つぐ, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 二 | two, two radical (no. 7) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 斉 | adjusted, alike, equal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ただ, なり, ひと, ひとし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 斎 | purification, Buddhist food, room | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | いつき, さえ, ひとし, いつ +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 済 | settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | すむ, なり, わたる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 路 | path, route, road | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 財 | property, money, wealth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
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
宰司
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
宰次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KōjiこうじSaijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
宰治
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
才二
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
才司
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
才次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
才治
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
斉次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
斎治
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
済治
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Saijiさいじ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 12. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Saiji 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 Saiji
12 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さいじ. 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.
宰司
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
宰次
さいじ · Saiji
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.
宰治
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
才二
さいじ · Saiji
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.
才司
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
才次
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
才治
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
斉次
さいじ · Saiji
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.
斎治
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
済治
さいじ · Saiji
済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end治reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
菜路
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
財司
さいじ · Saiji
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Saiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宰司 | さいじ | 宰 — superintend, manager · 司 — director, official | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宰次 | さいじ | 宰 — superintend, manager · 次 — next, order | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宰治 | さいじ | 宰 — superintend, manager · 治 — reign, be at peace | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 才二 | さいじ | 才 — genius, years old · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 才司 | さいじ | 才 — genius, years old · 司 — director, official | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 才次 | さいじ | 才 — genius, years old · 次 — next, order | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 才治 | さいじ | 才 — genius, years old · 治 — reign, be at peace | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 斉次 | さいじ | 斉 — adjusted, alike · 次 — next, order | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 斎治 | さいじ | 斎 — purification, Buddhist food · 治 — reign, be at peace | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 済治 | さいじ | 済 — settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden) · 治 — reign, be at peace | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 菜路 | さいじ | 菜 — vegetable, side dish · 路 — path, route | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 財司 | さいじ | 財 — property, money · 司 — director, official | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Saiji 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 さい
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
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44 recorded spellings
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29 recorded spellings
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19 recorded spellings
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16 recorded spellings
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13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSaiki
9 recorded spellings
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9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSaīchirō
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceSaichi
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSaira
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceSaīchi
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Saiji
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
Saijirō
二才斉斎次治
6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSaiko
宰才斉斎済菜
6 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōji
二司宰次治
5 shared kanji · 144 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSeiji
二司斉次治
5 shared kanji · 73 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshiji
二司才次治
5 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSai
宰才斎済菜
5 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōjirō
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 119 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōji
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 96 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōjirō
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 72 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenji
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiji
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 60 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKeiji
二司次治
4 shared kanji · 55 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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