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Japanese given name

Seishi

征之

Given-name classification varies across source records.

せいしセイシSeishi
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Reference coverage

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.

Distinct recorded spellings56

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows56

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Seishi

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingせいし

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formセイシ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationSeishi

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Seishi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationせ · い · し

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 Seishi 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 “Seishi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

征之

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
征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes之of, this
Kanji spelling

惺志

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
惺realize志intention, plan, resolve
Kanji spelling

成史

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
成turn into, become, get史history, chronicle
Kanji spelling

成志

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
成turn into, become, get志intention, plan, resolve
Kanji spelling

政史

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
政politics, government史history, chronicle
Kanji spelling

政始

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
政politics, government始commence, begin
Kanji spelling

整志

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
整organize, arranging, tune志intention, plan, resolve
Kanji spelling

斉之

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
斉adjusted, alike, equal之of, this

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 56. 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 Seishi 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.

Recorded kana readings1

せいし

Kanji-based spellings56

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

2-kanji forms55

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

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.

Primary reading recorded asNo additional class found

せいし in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
せいじSeiji183198 source rowsmale 6 · female 1 · unspecified 191source rows · distinct forms: male 6 · female 1 · unspecified 17677 source rows
せいしSeishi00 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 Seishi

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.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data56

8–23 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms55

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
せいしSeishi356
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

36 of 56 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.

Written forms checked56

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings36

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading20

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set11

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.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Seishi 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
史history, chronicle13013005あきら, あや, お, こ +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
志intention, plan, resolve10010007じん, べ, べし, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
之of, this606003ゆき, いたる, あき, つな +5Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
司director, official, govt office606005つ, つか, つかさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM606003い, き, ぎ, く +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
清pure, purify, cleanse6600011あき, さや, し, すが +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
誠sincerity, admonish, warn6600013きよ, さと, しげ, とも +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
青blue, green660008おJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes550008いく, そ, ただ, まさ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
士gentleman, scholar, samurai404003お, まJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
晴clear up4400012はる, はれJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
正correct, justice, righteous440005おお, くに, ま, まさし +1Jōyō · 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

征之

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Seishiせいし · this page
Characters in order
征subjugate, attack the rebellious之of, this
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
征之丞Given name · Seinosuke · せいのすけ征之介Given name · Seinosuke · せいのすけ征之佑Given name · Seinosuke · せいのすけ

The exact sequence 征之 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 56. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Seishi 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.

史history, chronicle13 of 56 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve10 of 56 analyzed forms之of, this6 of 56 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office6 of 56 analyzed forms子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM6 of 56 analyzed forms清pure, purify, cleanse6 of 56 analyzed forms誠sincerity, admonish, warn6 of 56 analyzed forms青blue, green6 of 56 analyzed forms征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes5 of 56 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai4 of 56 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Seishi

56 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading せいし. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Seishi 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
征之せいし征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 之 — of, this11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征史せいし征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 史 — history, chronicle13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征司せいし征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 司 — director, official13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征士せいし征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 士 — gentleman, scholar11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
征志せいし征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious · 志 — intention, plan15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
惺志せいし惺 — realize · 志 — intention, plan19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
成史せいし成 — turn into, become · 史 — history, chronicle11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
成志せいし成 — turn into, become · 志 — intention, plan13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
政史せいし政 — politics, government · 史 — history, chronicle14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
政始せいし政 — politics, government · 始 — commence, begin17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
整志せいし整 — organize, arranging · 志 — intention, plan23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
斉之せいし斉 — adjusted, alike · 之 — of, this11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
斉司せいし斉 — adjusted, alike · 司 — director, official13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
星史せいし星 — star, spot · 史 — history, chronicle14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
星子せいし星 — star, spot · 子 — child, sign of the rat12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
晟史せいし晟 — clear · 史 — history, chronicle15All 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 Seishi 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 せい

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 · male · limited reference

Seiji

142 recorded spellings

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Seīchirō

104 recorded spellings

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Seigorō

98 recorded spellings

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Seinosuke

86 recorded spellings

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Seika

80 recorded spellings

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Seiko

79 recorded spellings

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Seira

79 recorded spellings

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Seiki

69 recorded spellings

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Seitarō

66 recorded spellings

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Seijirō

64 recorded spellings

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Seikō

64 recorded spellings

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Seina

52 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Seishi

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

Seiji

之史司士征志清誠青

9 shared kanji · 64 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masashi

之史司士子征志誠

8 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tadashi

之史司士子征志誠

8 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings

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Seishirō

之史司士征志清誠

8 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takashi

之史司士子志誠

7 shared kanji · 117 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shōji

之史司士子志清

7 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroshi

之史司士子志

6 shared kanji · 107 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takeshi

之史司士子志

6 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kiyoshi

之史司士志清

6 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Satoshi

之史司士子志

6 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kishiko

之史司士子志

6 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōshi

之史司士子志

6 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Seishi

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Exact reading

Search せいし

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Se / せ

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史 — history, chronicle

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志 — intention, plan

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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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