group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Takatsugu
天従
Given-name classification varies across source records.
たかつぐタカツグTakatsugu
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings11 Source spelling/reading rows11 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 Takatsugu
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: Takatsugu. 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 Takatsugu 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 “Takatsugu”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
天従
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
孝二
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
孝嗣
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
孝次
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
崇嗣
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
貴次
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
隆嗣
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
隆次
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
高嗣
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
高次
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
高紹
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
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 Takatsugu 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.
たかつぐ
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.
たかつぐ in the imported JMnedict corpus
11 source spelling/reading rows
3 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| たかつぐTakatsugu | 1111 source rows | male 3 · unspecified 8source rows · distinct forms: male 3 · unspecified 8 | 33 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 Takatsugu
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.
9–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| たかつぐ | Takatsugu | 4 | 11 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
7 of 11 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
孝次
孝二
隆次
孝嗣
2 source-recorded readings
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
隆嗣
2 source-recorded readings
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
高嗣
2 source-recorded readings
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
高次
2 source-recorded readings
TakajiたかじTakatsuguたかつぐ · 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 Takatsugu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 嗣 | heir, succeed | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あき, つかさ, つぎ, つぐ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 次 | next, order, sequence | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | き, すき, つぐ, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 孝 | filial piety, child's respect | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たか, たかし, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 高 | tall, high, expensive | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | か, こ, じょい, た +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 隆 | prosperous, plentiful, abundant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 天 | heavens, sky, imperial | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | あき, あも, た, たかし +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 従 | accompany, obey, submit to | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 二 | two, two radical (no. 7) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 崇 | adore, respect, revere | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | す, たか, たかし, たかむ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 貴 | precious, value, prize | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 紹 | introduce, inherit, help | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | つぐ | 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
天従
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
孝二
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 孝二 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
孝嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
孝次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
崇嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
貴次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
隆嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
隆次
Characters in order
Exact written form
高嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakashiたかしTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
高次
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakajiたかじTakatsuguたかつぐ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 11. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Takatsugu 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 Takatsugu
11 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たかつぐ. 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.
天従
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
孝二
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
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.
孝嗣
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
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.
孝次
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
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.
崇嗣
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貴次
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
隆嗣
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
隆次
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
高嗣
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
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.
高次
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
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.
高紹
たかつぐ · Takatsugu
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Takatsugu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 天従 | たかつぐ | 天 — heavens, sky · 従 — accompany, obey | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 孝二 | たかつぐ | 孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 孝嗣 | たかつぐ | 孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 孝次 | たかつぐ | 孝 — filial piety, child's respect · 次 — next, order | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 崇嗣 | たかつぐ | 崇 — adore, respect · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 貴次 | たかつぐ | 貴 — precious, value · 次 — next, order | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 隆嗣 | たかつぐ | 隆 — prosperous, plentiful · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 30 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 隆次 | たかつぐ | 隆 — prosperous, plentiful · 次 — next, order | 23 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 高嗣 | たかつぐ | 高 — tall, high · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 高次 | たかつぐ | 高 — tall, high · 次 — next, order | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 高紹 | たかつぐ | 高 — tall, high · 紹 — introduce, inherit | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Takatsugu 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
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290 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakao
141 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakako
132 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTakayoshi
132 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTakahiro
118 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakayuki
109 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakae
89 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTakanori
89 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakami
69 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakāki
67 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakayo
63 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakane
50 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Takatsugu
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
嗣天孝崇次貴隆高
8 shared kanji · 76 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakanori
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakao
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakae
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakami
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakaki
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakako
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakayo
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKazutaka
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyotaka
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakano
天孝崇貴隆高
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōjirō
二嗣孝次高
5 shared kanji · 99 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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