Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Shungo

俊五

Given-name classification varies across source records.

しゅんごシュンゴShungo

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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 spellings9

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows9

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shungo

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しゅんご

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formシュンゴ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShungo

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

Mora segmentationしゅ · ん · ご

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

Kanji spellings9

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

俊五

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

俊sagacious, genius, excellence五five

Kanji spelling

俊吾

Characters and loaded glosses

俊sagacious, genius, excellence吾I, my, our

Kanji spelling

俊悟

Characters and loaded glosses

俊sagacious, genius, excellence悟enlightenment, perceive, discern

Kanji spelling

峻呉

Characters and loaded glosses

峻high, steep呉give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Kanji spelling

峻梧

Characters and loaded glosses

峻high, steep梧Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree

Kanji spelling

峻護

Characters and loaded glosses

峻high, steep護safeguard, protect

Kanji spelling

春吾

Characters and loaded glosses

春springtime, spring (season)吾I, my, our

Kanji spelling

春悟

Characters and loaded glosses

春springtime, spring (season)悟enlightenment, perceive, discern

Kanji spelling

駿吾

Characters and loaded glosses

駿a good horse, speed, a fast person吾I, my, our

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 Shungo 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

しゅんご

Kanji-based spellings9

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

2-kanji forms9

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.

Primary reading recorded asNo additional class found

しゅんご 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 reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
じゅんこJunko	6973 source rows	male 3 · female 53 · unspecified 17source rows · distinct forms: male 3 · female 49 · unspecified 17	00 source rows
しゅんごShungo	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 Shungo

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 data9

13–30 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms9

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
しゅんご	Shungo	3	9

Recurring first-position kanji

俊sagacious, genius3 forms 峻high, steep3 forms 春springtime, spring (season)2 forms駿a good horse, speed1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

吾I, my3 forms 悟enlightenment, perceive2 forms 五five1 form 呉give, do something for1 form 梧Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree1 form 護safeguard, protect1 form

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

None of the 9 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked9

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading9

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

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 Shungo 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
俊	sagacious, genius, excellence	3	3	0	9	すぐる, とし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
吾	I, my, our	3	0	3	7	あ, あが	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
峻	high, steep	3	3	0	10	たか, たかし, ちか, とし +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
悟	enlightenment, perceive, discern	2	0	2	10	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
春	springtime, spring (season)	2	2	0	9	あずま, かす, すの, ひ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
五	five	1	0	1	4	い, さ, さつ, ち +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
呉	give, do something for, kingdom of Wu	1	0	1	7	ぐ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
梧	Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree	1	0	1	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
護	safeguard, protect	1	0	1	20	もり	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
駿	a good horse, speed, a fast person	1	1	0	17	する, とし, はやし, はやお	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

俊五

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

俊sagacious, genius五five

Exact written form

俊吾

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

俊sagacious, genius吾I, my

Exact written form

俊悟

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

俊sagacious, genius悟enlightenment, perceive

Exact written form

峻呉

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

峻high, steep呉give, do something for

Exact written form

峻梧

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

峻high, steep梧Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree

Exact written form

峻護

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

峻high, steep護safeguard, protect

Exact written form

春吾

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

春springtime, spring (season)吾I, my

Exact written form

春悟

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

春springtime, spring (season)悟enlightenment, perceive

Exact written form

駿吾

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shungoしゅんご · this page

Characters in order

駿a good horse, speed吾I, my

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Shungo 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.

俊sagacious, genius, excellence3 of 9 analyzed forms 吾I, my, our3 of 9 analyzed forms 峻high, steep3 of 9 analyzed forms 悟enlightenment, perceive, discern2 of 9 analyzed forms 春springtime, spring (season)2 of 9 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shungo

9 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しゅんご. 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.