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Japanese given name

Takanori

たかのり

Given-name classification varies across source records.

たかのりタカノリTakanori
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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 spellings89

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows89

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Takanori

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たかのり

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタカノリ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTakanori

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

Mora segmentationた · か · の · り

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 Takanori 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 “Takanori”, 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

たかのり

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のKana characterりKana character
Kanji spelling

享典

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
享enjoy, receive, undergo典code, ceremony, law
Kanji spelling

享憲

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
享enjoy, receive, undergo憲constitution, law
Kanji spelling

公任

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
公public, prince, official任responsibility, duty, term
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.

Characters and loaded glosses
公public, prince, official敬awe, respect, honor
Kanji spelling

卓典

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典code, ceremony, law
Kanji spelling

卓徳

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徳benevolence, virtue, goodness
Kanji spelling

喬則

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則rule, law, follow
Kanji spelling

喬登

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登ascend, climb up
Kanji spelling

多紀

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
多many, frequent, much紀chronicle, account, narrative
Kanji spelling

天規

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
天heavens, sky, imperial規standard, measure
Kanji spelling

孝典

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典code, ceremony, law

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 89. 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 Takanori 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

たかのり

Kanji-based spellings88

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 forms88

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

たかのり in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms89

89 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsmale 12 · unspecified 77

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
たかのりTakanori8989 source rowsmale 12 · unspecified 77source rows · distinct forms: male 12 · unspecified 7711 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 Takanori

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 data88

10–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms71

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms17

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
たかのりTakanori489
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

29 of 80 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 checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings29

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading51

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 Takanori 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
隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant171700017—Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
孝filial piety, child's respect16160007たか, たかし, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
高tall, high, expensive121200010か, こ, じょい, た +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
紀chronicle, account, narrative909009おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
典code, ceremony, law707008すけ, つね, のJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
敬awe, respect, honor7520012け, たか, たかし, たけ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
則rule, law, follow707009—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
規standard, measure7070011すのり, ただし, のり, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
憲constitution, law6060016かず, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
徳benevolence, virtue, goodness5050014あつ, なる, のり, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
尊revered, valuable, precious5500012さだ, たか, たけ, みことJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
貴precious, value, prize5500012きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

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

たかのり

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takanoriたかのり · this page
Characters in order
たKanaかKanaのKanaりKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 89. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Takanori 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.

隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant17 of 89 analyzed forms孝filial piety, child's respect16 of 89 analyzed forms高tall, high, expensive12 of 89 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative9 of 89 analyzed forms典code, ceremony, law7 of 89 analyzed forms敬awe, respect, honor7 of 89 analyzed forms則rule, law, follow7 of 89 analyzed forms規standard, measure7 of 89 analyzed forms憲constitution, law6 of 89 analyzed forms徳benevolence, virtue, goodness5 of 89 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Takanori

89 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たかのり. 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.

たかのり

たかのり · Takanori

Katakana タカノリMorae 4Strokes —

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

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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 89 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 89 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Takanori 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
たかのりたかのりKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
享典たかのり享 — enjoy, receive · 典 — code, ceremony16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
享憲たかのり享 — enjoy, receive · 憲 — constitution, law24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公任たかのり公 — public, prince · 任 — responsibility, duty10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公敬たかのり公 — public, prince · 敬 — awe, respect16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
卓典たかのり卓 — eminent, table · 典 — code, ceremony16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
卓徳たかのり卓 — eminent, table · 徳 — benevolence, virtue22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬則たかのり喬 — high, boasting · 則 — rule, law21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬登たかのり喬 — high, boasting · 登 — ascend, climb up24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
多紀たかのり多 — many, frequent · 紀 — chronicle, account15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
天規たかのり天 — heavens, sky · 規 — standard, measure15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝典たかのり孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 典 — code, ceremony15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝則たかのり孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 則 — rule, law16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝宜たかのり孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 宜 — best regards, good15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝宣たかのり孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 宣 — proclaim, say16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
孝庸たかのり孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 庸 — commonplace, ordinary18All 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 Takanori 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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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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Takanobu

42 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Takanori

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

Noritaka

典則孝徳憲敬紀規隆高

10 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshinori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 109 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masanori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings

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Norio

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings

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Akinori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasunori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tomonori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

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Noriyuki

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings

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Noriko

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings

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Norikazu

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tadanori

典則孝徳憲敬紀規

8 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hironori

典則徳憲敬紀規

7 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Takanori

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Exact reading

Search たかのり

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Ta / た

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隆 — prosperous, plentiful

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孝 — filial piety, child's 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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