group-level written forms
Satoko
サトコ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
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
How to read Satoko
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: Satoko. 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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What can Satoko 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 “Satoko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
サトコ
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.
さとこ
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.
サト子
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.
さと子
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.
三十子
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.
三時子
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.
三都子
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.
了子
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.
仁女
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.
仁子
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.
佐伴子
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.
佐冬子
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.
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 134. 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.
How Satoko 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.
さとこ · サトコ · サトこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
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.
さとこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
134 source spelling/reading rows
3 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| さとこSatoko | 132134 source rows | female 133 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 131 · unspecified 1 | 33 source rows |
| さとこSatoko | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| さとこSatoko | 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.
Corpus structure behind Satoko
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.
3–28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さとこ | Satoko | 3 | 134 |
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.
Can the same writing be read another way?
36 of 80 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
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.
How recurring characters function across Satoko 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 | 113 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 都 | capital, metropolis | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 佐 | assistant, help | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 斗 | Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ます | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 咲 | blossom, bloom | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さ, さき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 紗 | gauze, gossamer | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | たえ, すず | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 十 | ten | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | い, か, ぎ, さ +8 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 登 | ascend, climb up | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | たか, のぼし, のぼり, のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 沙 | sand | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 里 | ri, village, parent's home | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | さ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 左 | left | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | そ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 早 | early, fast | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | さか, さわ, そ, わ | 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.
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.
サトコ
さとこ
サト子
さと子
三十子
三時子
三都子
了子
仁女
仁子
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 134. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Kanji recurring across Satoko 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.
Explore written forms of Satoko
134 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さとこ. 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.
サトコ
サトコ · Satoko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
さとこ
さとこ · Satoko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
サト子
サトこ · Satoko
さと子
さとこ · Satoko
三十子
さとこ · Satoko
三時子
さとこ · Satoko
三都子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
了子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
仁女
さとこ · Satoko
仁子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佐伴子
さとこ · Satoko
佐冬子
さとこ · Satoko
佐及子
さとこ · Satoko
佐和子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佐土子
さとこ · Satoko
佐年子
さとこ · Satoko
佐得子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佐斗子
さとこ · Satoko
佐東子
さとこ · Satoko
佐渡子
さとこ · Satoko
佐登子
さとこ · Satoko
佐知子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佐都子
さとこ · Satoko
佐音子
さとこ · Satoko
作都子
さとこ · Satoko
佼子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
倫子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
公子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
利子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
叡子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
咲十子
さとこ · Satoko
咲及子
さとこ · Satoko
咲斗子
さとこ · Satoko
咲時子
さとこ · Satoko
咲桃子
さとこ · Satoko
咲渡子
さとこ · Satoko
咲翔子
さとこ · Satoko
咲都子
さとこ · Satoko
咲音子
さとこ · Satoko
哲子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
啓子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
央子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
学子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
小都子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
小鼓音
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
左十子
さとこ · Satoko
左和子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
左度子
さとこ · Satoko
左斗子
さとこ · Satoko
左都子
さとこ · Satoko
巧子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
差登子
さとこ · Satoko
幸十子
さとこ · Satoko
幸斗子
さとこ · Satoko
幸都実
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
幸都美
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
彩冬子
さとこ · Satoko
彩十子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
彩斗子
さとこ · Satoko
彩音子
さとこ · Satoko
怜子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
怜瑚
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
怜香
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
恵子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
悟子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
惠子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
惺子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
慧子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
慧胡
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
抄斗子
さとこ · Satoko
捷子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
採途子
さとこ · Satoko
敏子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
早斗子
さとこ · Satoko
早杜子
さとこ · Satoko
早灯子
さとこ · Satoko
早登子
さとこ · Satoko
早都子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
智子
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
智心
さとこ · Satoko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 134 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 132 distinct written spellings.
Compare Satoko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| サトコ | サトコ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| さとこ | さとこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| サト子 | サトこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| さと子 | さとこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三十子 | さとこ | 三 — three · 十 — ten · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三時子 | さとこ | 三 — three · 時 — time, hour · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三都子 | さとこ | 三 — three · 都 — capital, metropolis · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 了子 | さとこ | 了 — complete, finish · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仁女 | さとこ | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 女 — woman, female | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仁子 | さとこ | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐伴子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 伴 — consort, accompany · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐冬子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 冬 — winter · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐及子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 及 — reach out, exert · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐和子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 和 — harmony, Japanese style · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐土子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 土 — soil, earth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐年子 | さとこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 年 — year, counter for years · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 16 | 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 Satoko 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.
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9 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings
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7 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings
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7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 170 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 127 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 120 matching source-recorded spellings
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Inspect name →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.
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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