group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Shōyō
将洋
Given-name classification varies across source records.
しょうようショウヨウShōyō
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings18 Source spelling/reading rows18 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 Shōyō
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: Shouyou. 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 Shōyō 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 “Shōyō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
将洋
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
小葉
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
尚陽
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
昇暘
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.
Kanji spelling
昇陽
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
昌洋
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
昭陽
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
松洋
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
松葉
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
梢陽
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
樵榕
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
正暘
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 18. 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 Shōyō 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.
しょうよう
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded 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.
しょうよう in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| じょうようJōyō | 2121 source rows | female 3 · unspecified 18source rows · distinct forms: female 3 · unspecified 18 | 11 source row |
| しょうようShōyō | 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 Shōyō
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.
15–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| しょうよう | Shōyō | 4 | 18 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
8 of 18 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
小葉
照葉
将洋
2 source-recorded readings
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMasahiroまさひろ
昌洋
2 source-recorded readings
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMasahiroまさひろ
昭陽
2 source-recorded readings
AkioあきおShōyōしょうよう · this page
松洋
2 source-recorded readings
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMatsuhiroまつひろ
松葉
2 source-recorded readings
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMatsubaまつば
笑葉
2 source-recorded readings
EmihaえみはShōyōしょうよう · 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 Shōyō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 陽 | sunshine, yang principle, positive | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, あきら, あけ, はる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | よ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 洋 | ocean, sea, foreign | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | なだ, ひろ, ひろし, よ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 昇 | rise up | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | しゅう, のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 暘 | sunrise | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 松 | pine tree | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | おお, しょ, ま, まっ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 照 | illuminate, shine, compare | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あき, てる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 逍 | saunter, loaf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 将 | leader, commander, general | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | かつ, かつり, すすむ, たか +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 小 | little, small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 尚 | esteem, furthermore, still | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | たか, たかし, ないし, なり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 昌 | prosperous, bright, clear | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | まさ, まさし, よし, あき +4 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
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
将洋
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMasahiroまさひろ
Characters in order
Exact written form
小葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 小葉 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
尚陽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
昇暘
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this page
Exact written form
昇陽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
昌洋
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMasahiroまさひろ
Characters in order
Exact written form
昭陽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
AkioあきおShōyōしょうよう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
松洋
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMatsuhiroまつひろ
Characters in order
Exact written form
松葉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this pageMatsubaまつば
Characters in order
Exact written form
梢陽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shōyōしょうよう · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 18. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Shōyō 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.
陽sunshine, yang principle, positive6 of 18 analyzed forms葉leaf, plane, lobe4 of 18 analyzed forms洋ocean, sea, foreign3 of 18 analyzed forms昇rise up2 of 18 analyzed forms暘sunrise2 of 18 analyzed forms松pine tree2 of 18 analyzed forms照illuminate, shine, compare2 of 18 analyzed forms逍saunter, loaf2 of 18 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Shōyō
18 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しょうよう. 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.
将洋
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
小葉
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
尚陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
昇暘
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
昇陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
昌洋
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
昭陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
松洋
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
松葉
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
梢陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
樵榕
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
正暘
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
照葉
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
照陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
笑葉
しょうよう · Shōyō
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.
翔陽
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
逍遙
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
逍遥
しょうよう · Shōyō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Shōyō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 将洋 | しょうよう | 将 — leader, commander · 洋 — ocean, sea | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小葉 | しょうよう | 小 — little, small · 葉 — leaf, plane | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚陽 | しょうよう | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 昇暘 | しょうよう | 昇 — rise up · 暘 — sunrise | 21 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 昇陽 | しょうよう | 昇 — rise up · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 昌洋 | しょうよう | 昌 — prosperous, bright · 洋 — ocean, sea | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 昭陽 | しょうよう | 昭 — shining, bright · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 松洋 | しょうよう | 松 — pine tree · 洋 — ocean, sea | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 松葉 | しょうよう | 松 — pine tree · 葉 — leaf, plane | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 梢陽 | しょうよう | 梢 — treetops, twig · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 樵榕 | しょうよう | 樵 — woodcutting, lumberjack · 榕 — evergreen mulberry | 30 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 正暘 | しょうよう | 正 — correct, justice · 暘 — sunrise | 18 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 照葉 | しょうよう | 照 — illuminate, shine · 葉 — leaf, plane | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 照陽 | しょうよう | 照 — illuminate, shine · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 笑葉 | しょうよう | 笑 — laugh · 葉 — leaf, plane | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 翔陽 | しょうよう | 翔 — soar, fly · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle | 24 | 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 Shōyō 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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74 recorded spellings
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55 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Shōyō
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
Shōko
将小昇松照陽
6 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōji
将小昇松照
5 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōichirō
将小昇松照
5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōichi
将小昇松照
5 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōka
小昇松照陽
5 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōyō
暘洋葉陽
4 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayoko
小洋葉陽
4 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōko
暘洋葉陽
4 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōkō
将小松照
4 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShōtarō
将小昇照
4 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiyo
昇照葉陽
4 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHarumi
洋照葉陽
4 shared kanji · 9 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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