group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Shōkō
勝孔
Given-name gender label not specified in these source records.
しょうこうショウコウShōkō
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings42 Source spelling/reading rows42 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 Shōkō
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: Shoukou. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
4 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Shōkō 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 “Shōkō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
勝孔
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
勝興
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
勝香
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
宵光
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
将孔
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
将幸
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
将晃
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
将浩
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
小江
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
小紅
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
尚光
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
尚孝
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 42. 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 Shōkō 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.
しょうこう
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 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.
しょうこう in the imported JMnedict corpus
47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| しょうこうShōkō | 4747 source rows | unspecified 47source rows · distinct forms: unspecified 47 | 00 source rows |
| じょうこうJōkō | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1313 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 Shōkō
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.
9–28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| しょうこう | Shōkō | 4 | 42 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
19 of 42 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
正晃
6 source-recorded readings
興
6 source-recorded readings
尚孝
5 source-recorded readings
尚弘
5 source-recorded readings
正孝
4 source-recorded readings
祥光
4 source-recorded readings
将晃
3 source-recorded readings
小江
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 Shōkō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 光 | ray, light | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あき, あきら, こお, てる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 尚 | esteem, furthermore, still | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | たか, たかし, ないし, なり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 将 | leader, commander, general | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | かつ, かつり, すすむ, たか +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 晃 | clear | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | あき, あきら, てる, ひかる +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 正 | correct, justice, righteous | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | おお, くに, ま, まさし +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 勝 | victory, win, prevail | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かち, と, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 興 | entertain, revive, retrieve | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | おき, おこっ, とも | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 孝 | filial piety, child's respect | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たか, たかし, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 彰 | patent, clear | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | あき, あきら | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 松 | pine tree | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | おお, しょ, ま, まっ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 照 | illuminate, shine, compare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あき, てる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 祥 | good luck | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
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
勝孔
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KatsuyoshiかつよしShōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
勝興
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
勝香
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
宵光
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
将孔
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
将幸
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this pageMasayukiまさゆき
Characters in order
Exact written form
将晃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
将浩
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
小江
Characters in order
Exact written form
小紅
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KobeniこべにShōkōしょうこう · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 42. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Shōkō 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.
光ray, light8 of 42 analyzed forms尚esteem, furthermore, still5 of 42 analyzed forms将leader, commander, general4 of 42 analyzed forms晃clear4 of 42 analyzed forms正correct, justice, righteous4 of 42 analyzed forms勝victory, win, prevail3 of 42 analyzed forms興entertain, revive, retrieve3 of 42 analyzed forms孝filial piety, child's respect3 of 42 analyzed forms彰patent, clear3 of 42 analyzed forms松pine tree3 of 42 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Shōkō
42 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しょうこう. 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.
勝孔
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
勝興
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
勝香
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
宵光
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
将孔
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
将幸
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
将晃
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
将浩
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小江
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
小紅
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
尚光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
尚孝
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
尚弘
しょうこう · Shōkō
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
尚昊
しょうこう · Shōkō
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尚篁
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
彰光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
彰功
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彰晃
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
昌鎬
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
昌鴻
しょうこう · Shōkō
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松孝
しょうこう · Shōkō
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松幸
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
松篁
しょうこう · Shōkō
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正亨
しょうこう · Shōkō
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正好
しょうこう · Shōkō
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
正孝
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
正晃
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
沼虹
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
照光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
照宏
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
照嵩
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
祥光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
祥浩
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
祥耕
しょうこう · Shōkō
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称光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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章興
しょうこう · Shōkō
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章行
しょうこう · Shōkō
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
笑光
しょうこう · Shōkō
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
紹晃
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
興
しょうこう · Shōkō
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.
鐘甲
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
韶光
しょうこう · Shōkō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Shōkō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 勝孔 | しょうこう | 勝 — victory, win · 孔 — cavity, hole | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝興 | しょうこう | 勝 — victory, win · 興 — entertain, revive | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝香 | しょうこう | 勝 — victory, win · 香 — incense, smell | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宵光 | しょうこう | 宵 — wee hours, evening · 光 — ray, light | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 将孔 | しょうこう | 将 — leader, commander · 孔 — cavity, hole | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 将幸 | しょうこう | 将 — leader, commander · 幸 — happiness, blessing | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 将晃 | しょうこう | 将 — leader, commander · 晃 — clear | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 将浩 | しょうこう | 将 — leader, commander · 浩 — wide expanse, abundance | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小江 | しょうこう | 小 — little, small · 江 — creek, inlet | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小紅 | しょうこう | 小 — little, small · 紅 — crimson, deep red | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚光 | しょうこう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 光 — ray, light | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚孝 | しょうこう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚弘 | しょうこう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 弘 — vast, broad | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚昊 | しょうこう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 昊 — sky, big | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚篁 | しょうこう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 篁 — bamboo grove | 23 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 彰光 | しょうこう | 彰 — patent, clear · 光 — ray, light | 20 | 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 Shōkō 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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107 recorded spellings
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101 recorded spellings
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95 recorded spellings
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90 recorded spellings
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84 recorded spellings
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75 recorded spellings
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74 recorded spellings
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58 recorded spellings
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55 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Shōkō
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
Kōshō
光勝孝尚彰晃松正興
9 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasāki
光勝将彰晃正興
7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōko
光勝将尚彰松正
7 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōji
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōichirō
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōgo
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkira
光将彰晃正興
6 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōzō
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōdō
勝尚彰晃松正
6 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōichi
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōhei
勝将尚彰松正
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasayoshi
勝孝将尚正
5 shared kanji · 59 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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