group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Sakina
さきな
Given-name classification varies across source records.
さきなサキナSakina
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings22 Source spelling/reading rows22 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 Sakina
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: Sakina. 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 Sakina 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 “Sakina”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
さきな
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
さKana characterきKana characterなKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
さき奈
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
Kanji spelling
五月菜
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
咲南
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
咲奈
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
咲姫奈
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
咲季菜
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
咲生奈
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
咲菜
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
咲那
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
幸來
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
早奈
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 22. 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 Sakina 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.
さきな
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 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.
さきな in the imported JMnedict corpus
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さきなSakina | 2222 source rows | female 21 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 21 · unspecified 1 | 00 source rows |
| さぎなSagina | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 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 Sakina
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.
8–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さきな | Sakina | 3 | 22 |
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?
6 of 22 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
咲菜
咲奈
咲南
2 source-recorded readings
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
咲那
2 source-recorded readings
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
早奈
2 source-recorded readings
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
早那
2 source-recorded readings
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
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 Sakina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 咲 | blossom, bloom | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さ, さき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 早 | early, fast | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | さか, さわ, そ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 沙 | sand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 季 | seasons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | すえ, とし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 希 | hope, beg, request | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | のぞ, のぞみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 姫 | princess | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 那 | what? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 五 | five | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | い, さ, さつ, ち +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 月 | month, moon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | おと, がっ, す, ずき +1 | 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
さきな
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
さKanaきKanaなKana
Exact written form
さき奈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
五月菜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲南
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 咲南 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
咲奈
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 咲奈 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
咲姫奈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲季菜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲生奈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲菜
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲那
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakinaさきな · this pageSanaさな
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 22. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Sakina 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.
奈Nara, what?11 of 22 analyzed forms咲blossom, bloom7 of 22 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens6 of 22 analyzed forms早early, fast4 of 22 analyzed forms沙sand4 of 22 analyzed forms季seasons3 of 22 analyzed forms希hope, beg, request3 of 22 analyzed forms姫princess2 of 22 analyzed forms那what?2 of 22 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative2 of 22 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Sakina
22 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さきな. 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.
さきな
さきな · Sakina
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
さき奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
五月菜
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲南
さきな · Sakina
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.
咲奈
さきな · Sakina
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.
咲姫奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲季菜
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲生奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲菜
さきな · Sakina
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.
咲那
さきな · Sakina
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.
幸來
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
早奈
さきな · Sakina
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.
早季菜
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
早紀奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
早那
さきな · Sakina
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.
朝希菜
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
桜姫奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
沙希奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
沙希菜
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
沙紀奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
沙貴奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
紗季奈
さきな · Sakina
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Sakina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| さきな | さきな | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| さき奈 | さきな | 奈 — Nara, what? | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五月菜 | さきな | 五 — five · 月 — month, moon · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲南 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 南 — south | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲奈 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 奈 — Nara, what? | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲姫奈 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 姫 — princess · 奈 — Nara, what? | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲季菜 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 季 — seasons · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲生奈 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 生 — life, genuine · 奈 — Nara, what? | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲菜 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲那 | さきな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 那 — what? | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸來 | さきな | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 來 — come, due | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 早奈 | さきな | 早 — early, fast · 奈 — Nara, what? | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 早季菜 | さきな | 早 — early, fast · 季 — seasons · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 早紀奈 | さきな | 早 — early, fast · 紀 — chronicle, account · 奈 — Nara, what? | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 早那 | さきな | 早 — early, fast · 那 — what? | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 朝希菜 | さきな | 朝 — morning, dynasty · 希 — hope, beg · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 30 | 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 Sakina 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 さき
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
Saki
205 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakiko
173 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakie
56 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSagiri
19 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakiyo
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakiho
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakio
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakino
16 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakika
15 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakimi
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakyō
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakiha
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Sakina
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
Misaki
咲姫季希早沙紀菜
8 shared kanji · 171 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNagisa
咲奈季希早沙菜那
8 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYukina
奈姫季希紀菜那
7 shared kanji · 124 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSaki
咲姫季希早沙紀
7 shared kanji · 119 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSakiko
咲姫季希早沙紀
7 shared kanji · 78 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNatsuki
奈姫季希紀菜那
7 shared kanji · 72 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatsuki
咲姫季希早沙紀
7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNamiki
奈姫季希紀菜那
7 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipChisaki
咲姫季希早沙紀
7 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKizuna
奈姫季希沙紀菜
7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanaki
奈姫季希紀菜那
7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNaki
奈姫季希紀菜那
7 shared kanji · 11 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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