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ReferenceNamesTakahiko
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Japanese given name

Takahiko

任彦

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

たかひこタカヒコTakahiko
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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 spellings41

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows41

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Takahiko

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たかひこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタカヒコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTakahiko

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

Mora segmentationた · か · ひ · こ

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 Takahiko 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 “Takahiko”, 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

任彦

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
任responsibility, duty, term彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

位彦

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
位rank, grade, throne彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

傑彦

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
傑greatness, excellence彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

剛彦

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
剛sturdy, strength彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

匡彦

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
匡correct, save, assist彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

卓彦

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
卓eminent, table, desk彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

喬彦

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
喬high, boasting彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

威彦

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
威intimidate, dignity, majesty彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

孚彦

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
孚sincere, nourish, encase彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

孝彦

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
孝filial piety, child's respect彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

宇彦

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
宇eaves, roof, house彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

尊彦

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
尊revered, valuable, precious彦lad, boy, fine young man

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 41. 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 Takahiko 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

たかひこ

Kanji-based spellings41

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

2-kanji forms38

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms3

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 asGiven name + surname

たかひこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms41

41 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsmale 36 · female 2 · unspecified 3

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
たかひこTakahiko4141 source rowsmale 36 · female 2 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: male 36 · female 2 · unspecified 311 source row

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 Takahiko

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 data41

13–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms39

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
たかひこTakahiko441
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

27 of 41 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 checked41

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings27

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading14

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

宇彦
4 source-recorded readings
IehikoいえひこUhikoうひこSorahikoそらひこTakahikoたかひこ · this page
剛彦
3 source-recorded readings
KatahikoかたひこTakahikoたかひこ · this pageTakehikoたけひこ

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 Takahiko 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
彦lad, boy, fine young man38038009よし, こ, ひろ, やすJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
崇adore, respect, revere2200011す, たか, たかし, たかむJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
恭respect, reverent2200010きよ, やす, やすし, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
高tall, high, expensive2200010か, こ, じょい, た +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
任responsibility, duty, term110006さ, とう, ひでJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
位rank, grade, throne110007ぞきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
傑greatness, excellence1100013すぐ, たけ, まさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
剛sturdy, strength1100010かた, こう, ご, たか +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
匡correct, save, assist110006ただ, ただし, まさ, まさし +3Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
卓eminent, table, desk110008すぐる, たか, たかしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
喬high, boasting1100012たかし, たかJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
威intimidate, dignity, majesty110009いさ, たけ, たけし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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 41. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Takahiko 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.

彦lad, boy, fine young man38 of 41 analyzed forms崇adore, respect, revere2 of 41 analyzed forms恭respect, reverent2 of 41 analyzed forms高tall, high, expensive2 of 41 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Takahiko

41 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たかひこ. 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 Takahiko 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
任彦たかひこ任 — responsibility, duty · 彦 — lad, boy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
位彦たかひこ位 — rank, grade · 彦 — lad, boy16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
傑彦たかひこ傑 — greatness, excellence · 彦 — lad, boy22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛彦たかひこ剛 — sturdy, strength · 彦 — lad, boy19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匡彦たかひこ匡 — correct, save · 彦 — lad, boy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
卓彦たかひこ卓 — eminent, table · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬彦たかひこ喬 — high, boasting · 彦 — lad, boy21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
威彦たかひこ威 — intimidate, dignity · 彦 — lad, boy18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孚彦たかひこ孚 — sincere, nourish · 彦 — lad, boy16Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
孝彦たかひこ孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 彦 — lad, boy16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
宇彦たかひこ宇 — eaves, roof · 彦 — lad, boy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
尊彦たかひこ尊 — revered, valuable · 彦 — lad, boy21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
尚彦たかひこ尚 — esteem, furthermore · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
尭彦たかひこ尭 — high, far · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
岳彦たかひこ岳 — point, peak · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
峻彦たかひこ峻 — high, steep · 彦 — lad, boy19All 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 Takahiko 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.

Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Takashi

290 recorded spellings

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Takao

141 recorded spellings

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Takako

132 recorded spellings

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Takayoshi

132 recorded spellings

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Takahiro

118 recorded spellings

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Takayuki

109 recorded spellings

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Takae

89 recorded spellings

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Takanori

89 recorded spellings

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Takami

69 recorded spellings

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Takāki

67 recorded spellings

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Takayo

63 recorded spellings

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Takane

50 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Takahiko

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

Takashi

任位傑剛卓崇恭高

8 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshitaka

任剛卓崇恭高

6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takayoshi

剛卓崇彦恭高

6 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takahiro

任剛卓崇恭高

6 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takao

任剛卓崇恭高

6 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takayuki

傑剛卓崇恭高

6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takako

任位卓崇恭高

6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takanori

任卓崇恭高

5 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takāki

剛卓崇恭高

5 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takae

位卓崇恭高

5 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasutaka

卓崇恭高

4 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masataka

剛崇恭高

4 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Takahiko

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Exact reading

Search たかひこ

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Ta / た

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彦 — lad, boy

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崇 — adore, respect

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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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