group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings88 Source spelling/reading rows90 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 Sayoko
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: Sayoko. 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 Sayoko 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 “Sayoko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
サヨコ
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
サKana characterヨKana characterコKana character
Kana-only spelling
さよこ
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
さKana characterよKana characterこKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
さよ子
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
サヨ子
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
さ代子
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
Kanji spelling
三世子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
三代子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
三陽子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
五代子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
佐与子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
佐与甲
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
佐世子
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.
Characters and loaded glosses
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 90. 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 Sayoko 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.
さよこ · サヨコ · サヨこ
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
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.
さよこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さよこSayoko | 8890 source rows | female 90source rows · distinct forms: female 88 | 00 source rows |
| さよこSayoko | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| さよこSayoko | 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.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Sayoko
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.
3–31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さよこ | Sayoko | 3 | 90 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
代子16 analyzed forms世子11 analyzed forms陽子6 analyzed forms夜子6 analyzed forms葉子5 analyzed forms与子4 analyzed forms
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?
14 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
清子
三代子
3 source-recorded readings
三世子
2 source-recorded readings
Sayokoさよこ · this pageMiyokoみよこ
五代子
2 source-recorded readings
IyokoいよこSayokoさよこ · this page
佐世子
2 source-recorded readings
SasekoさせこSayokoさよこ · this page
佐代子
2 source-recorded readings
SaekoさえこSayokoさよこ · this page
佐依子
2 source-recorded readings
SaekoさえこSayokoさよこ · this page
佐夜子
2 source-recorded readings
SayakoさやこSayokoさよこ · 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 Sayoko 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 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 代 | substitute, change, convert | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | す | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 佐 | assistant, help | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 世 | generation, world, society | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | とし, ゆ, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 紗 | gauze, gossamer | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | たえ, すず | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 早 | early, fast | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | さか, さわ, そ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 沙 | sand | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 夜 | night, evening | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 咲 | blossom, bloom | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さ, さき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 陽 | sunshine, yang principle, positive | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | あき, あきら, あけ, はる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | よ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 与 | bestow, participate in, give | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | とも, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
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
サヨコ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ
Characters in order
サKanaヨKanaコKana
Exact written form
さよこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
さKanaよKanaこKana
Exact written form
さよ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
サヨ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
さ代子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
三世子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this pageMiyokoみよこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
三代子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
三陽子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
五代子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
IyokoいよこSayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐与子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sayokoさよこ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 90. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Sayoko 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.
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM83 of 90 analyzed forms代substitute, change, convert16 of 90 analyzed forms佐assistant, help15 of 90 analyzed forms世generation, world, society13 of 90 analyzed forms紗gauze, gossamer10 of 90 analyzed forms早early, fast8 of 90 analyzed forms沙sand8 of 90 analyzed forms夜night, evening7 of 90 analyzed forms咲blossom, bloom7 of 90 analyzed forms陽sunshine, yang principle, positive6 of 90 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Sayoko
90 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さよこ. 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.
サヨコ
サヨコ · Sayoko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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さよこ
さよこ · Sayoko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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さよ子
さよこ · Sayoko
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サヨ子
サヨこ · Sayoko
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さ代子
さよこ · Sayoko
代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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三世子
さよこ · Sayoko
三three世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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三代子
さよこ · Sayoko
三three代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded readings
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三陽子
さよこ · Sayoko
三three陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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五代子
さよこ · Sayoko
五five代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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佐与子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐与甲
さよこ · Sayoko
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佐世子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐予子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help予beforehand, previous, myself, I子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐代子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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佐余子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help余too much, myself, surplus, other子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐依子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help依reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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佐夜子
さよこ · Sayoko
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佐容子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help容contain, form, looks子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐用子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help用utilize, business, service, use子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐與子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help與participate in, give, award, impart子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐良子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help良good, pleasing, skilled子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐葉子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help葉leaf, plane, lobe, needle子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐誉子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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佐陽子
さよこ · Sayoko
佐assistant, help陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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作依子
さよこ · Sayoko
作make, production, prepare, build依reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
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初世子
さよこ · Sayoko
初first time, beginning世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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咲世子
さよこ · Sayoko
咲blossom, bloom世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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咲代子
さよこ · Sayoko
咲blossom, bloom代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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咲吉子
さよこ · Sayoko
咲blossom, bloom吉good luck, joy, congratulations子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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咲容子
さよこ · Sayoko
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咲生子
さよこ · Sayoko
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咲葉虹
さよこ · Sayoko
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咲誉子
さよこ · Sayoko
咲blossom, bloom誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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宰曜子
さよこ · Sayoko
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小代子
さよこ · Sayoko
小little, small代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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小夜子
さよこ · Sayoko
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小羊子
さよこ · Sayoko
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小葉子
さよこ · Sayoko
小little, small葉leaf, plane, lobe, needle子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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左世子
さよこ · Sayoko
左left世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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左代子
さよこ · Sayoko
左left代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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左余子
さよこ · Sayoko
左left余too much, myself, surplus, other子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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幸代子
さよこ · Sayoko
幸happiness, blessing, fortune代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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彩世子
さよこ · Sayoko
彩coloring, paint, makeup世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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彩予子
さよこ · Sayoko
彩coloring, paint, makeup予beforehand, previous, myself, I子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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彩代子
さよこ · Sayoko
彩coloring, paint, makeup代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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彩洋子
さよこ · Sayoko
彩coloring, paint, makeup洋ocean, sea, foreign, Western style子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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彩葉子
さよこ · Sayoko
彩coloring, paint, makeup葉leaf, plane, lobe, needle子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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才代子
さよこ · Sayoko
才genius, years old, cubic shaku代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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抄代子
さよこ · Sayoko
抄extract, selection, summary, copy代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早世古
さよこ · Sayoko
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早世子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早予子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast予beforehand, previous, myself, I子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早代子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早余子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast余too much, myself, surplus, other子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早容子
さよこ · Sayoko
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早葉子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast葉leaf, plane, lobe, needle子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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早陽子
さよこ · Sayoko
早early, fast陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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朝衣子
さよこ · Sayoko
朝morning, dynasty, regime, epoch衣garment, clothes, dressing子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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査与子
さよこ · Sayoko
査investigate与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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査代子
さよこ · Sayoko
査investigate代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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沙世子
さよこ · Sayoko
沙sand世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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沙代子
さよこ · Sayoko
沙sand代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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沙夜子
さよこ · Sayoko
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沙良子
さよこ · Sayoko
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沙葉子
さよこ · Sayoko
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沙誉子
さよこ · Sayoko
沙sand誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
沙遥子
さよこ · Sayoko
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沙陽子
さよこ · Sayoko
沙sand陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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清子
さよこ · Sayoko
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
爽世子
さよこ · Sayoko
爽refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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爽世誇
さよこ · Sayoko
爽refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet世generation, world, society, public誇boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly
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爽夜湖
さよこ · Sayoko
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知予子
さよこ · Sayoko
知know, wisdom予beforehand, previous, myself, I子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
砂世子
さよこ · Sayoko
砂sand世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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砂代子
さよこ · Sayoko
砂sand代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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砂夜子
さよこ · Sayoko
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砂洋子
さよこ · Sayoko
砂sand洋ocean, sea, foreign, Western style子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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砂陽子
さよこ · Sayoko
砂sand陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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磋与子
さよこ · Sayoko
磋polish与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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紗与子
さよこ · Sayoko
紗gauze, gossamer与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 90 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 88 distinct written spellings.
Spelling comparator
Compare Sayoko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| サヨコ | サヨコ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| さよこ | さよこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| さよ子 | さよこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| サヨ子 | サヨこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| さ代子 | さよこ | 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三世子 | さよこ | 三 — three · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三代子 | さよこ | 三 — three · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三陽子 | さよこ | 三 — three · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五代子 | さよこ | 五 — five · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐与子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 与 — bestow, participate in · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐与甲 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 与 — bestow, participate in · 甲 — armor, high (voice) | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐世子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐予子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 予 — beforehand, previous · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐代子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐余子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 余 — too much, myself · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐依子 | さよこ | 佐 — assistant, help · 依 — reliant, depend on · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | 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 Sayoko 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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Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Sayoko
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
Sayaka
代佐咲夜子早沙紗陽
9 shared kanji · 207 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasayo
世代佐咲夜子早沙紗
9 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayo
世代佐咲夜早沙紗陽
9 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSachiyo
世代佐咲夜子早沙紗
9 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayako
佐咲夜子早沙紗陽
8 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHisayo
世代佐夜早沙紗陽
8 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayori
世代佐咲夜早沙紗
8 shared kanji · 25 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSakiyo
世代佐咲早沙紗陽
8 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSaeko
代佐咲子早沙紗
7 shared kanji · 127 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHisako
佐咲子早沙紗陽
7 shared kanji · 98 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSachiko
代佐咲子早沙紗
7 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIsayo
世代佐夜早沙紗
7 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings
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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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