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Japanese given name

Takāki

たかあき

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

たかあきタカアキTakāki
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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 spellings67

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows67

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Takāki

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たかあき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタカアキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTakāki

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

Mora segmentationた · か · あ · き

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

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

たかあき

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
たKana characterかKana characterあKana characterきKana character
Kanji spelling

公敬

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

剛彰

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

剛章

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

劭昭

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

卓晃

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

喬昭

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

喬章

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

多加晃

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.

Kanji spelling

孝哲

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

孝彰

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

孝昌

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.

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 67. 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 Takāki 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

たかあき

Kanji-based spellings66

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms65

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 asGiven name + surname

たかあき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms67

67 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms19

19 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 12 · female 1 · unspecified 54

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
たかあきTakāki6767 source rowsmale 12 · female 1 · unspecified 54source rows · distinct forms: male 12 · female 1 · unspecified 541919 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 Takāki

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 data66

15–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms54

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms12

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

28 of 67 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 checked67

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings28

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading39

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set21

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 Takāki 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
明bright, light11011008あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
孝filial piety, child's respect10100007たか, たかし, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
章badge, chapter, composition9090011あき, あきら, あや, ふみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
昭shining, bright909009あき, あきら, かず, かずみ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant9900017—Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
高tall, high, expensive9900010か, こ, じょい, た +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
貴precious, value, prize6600012きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
晃clear4040010あき, あきら, てる, ひかる +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
朗clear, bright, distinct4040011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
賢intelligent, wise, wisdom4400016かた, さか, さと, さとし +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
敬awe, respect, honor3210012け, たか, たかし, たけ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
彰patent, clear3030014あき, あきら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

たかあき

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takākiたかあき · this page
Characters in order
たKanaかKanaあKanaきKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 67. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Takāki 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.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Takāki

67 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たかあき. 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.

たかあき

たかあき · Takāki

Katakana タカアキMorae 4Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Spelling comparator

Compare Takāki 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
たかあきたかあきKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
公敬たかあき公 — public, prince · 敬 — awe, respect16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛彰たかあき剛 — sturdy, strength · 彰 — patent, clear24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛章たかあき剛 — sturdy, strength · 章 — badge, chapter21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
劭昭たかあき劭 — recommend, work hard · 昭 — shining, bright16Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
卓晃たかあき卓 — eminent, table · 晃 — clear18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬昭たかあき喬 — high, boasting · 昭 — shining, bright21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬章たかあき喬 — high, boasting · 章 — badge, chapter23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
多加晃たかあき多 — many, frequent · 加 — add, addition · 晃 — clear21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝哲たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 哲 — philosophy, clear17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝彰たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 彰 — patent, clear21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝昌たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 昌 — prosperous, bright15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝明たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 明 — bright, light15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝昭たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 昭 — shining, bright16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝晃たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 晃 — clear17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝朗たかあき孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 朗 — clear, bright18All 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 Takāki 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 たか

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Takāki

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.

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Where to go next from Takāki

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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