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ReferenceNamesTakayuki
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Japanese given name

Takayuki

享之

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

たかゆきタカユキTakayuki
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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 spellings109

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows109

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Takayuki

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たかゆき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタカユキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTakayuki

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

Mora segmentationた · か · ゆ · 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 Takayuki 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 “Takayuki”, 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

享之

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之of, this
Kanji spelling

享往

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往journey, travel, chase away
Kanji spelling

享行

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行going, journey, carry out
Kanji spelling

傑行

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行going, journey, carry out
Kanji spelling

公志

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志intention, plan, resolve
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

公章

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.

Characters and loaded glosses
公public, prince, official章badge, chapter, composition
Kanji spelling

剛行

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行going, journey, carry out
Kanji spelling

卓志

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志intention, plan, resolve
Kanji spelling

卓行

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行going, journey, carry out
Kanji spelling

哲之

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
哲philosophy, clear之of, this

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 109. 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 Takayuki 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

たかゆき

Kanji-based spellings109

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 forms105

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms4

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

たかゆき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms109

109 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 15 · female 1 · unspecified 93

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
たかゆきTakayuki109109 source rowsmale 15 · female 1 · unspecified 93source rows · distinct forms: male 15 · female 1 · unspecified 9300 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 Takayuki

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 data109

8–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms98

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms11

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
たかゆきTakayuki4109
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

38 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 readings38

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading42

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 Takayuki 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
之of, this31031003ゆき, いたる, あき, つな +5Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
行going, journey, carry out21021006いく, なみ, なめ, みち +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
幸happiness, blessing, fortune15015008こ, さき, さし, さっ +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
孝filial piety, child's respect13112007たか, たかし, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant111100017—Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
志intention, plan, resolve707007じん, べ, べし, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
崇adore, respect, revere7700011す, たか, たかし, たかむJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
高tall, high, expensive7700010か, こ, じょい, た +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
敬awe, respect, honor6420012け, たか, たかし, たけ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
享enjoy, receive, undergo431008たか, たかし, とおる, みちJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
征subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes404008いく, そ, ただ, まさ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
貴precious, value, prize4400012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

享之

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takayukiたかゆき · this page
Characters in order
享enjoy, receive之of, this
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
享之丞Given name · Kyōnosuke · きょうのすけ享之亮Given name · Kyōnosuke · きょうのすけ享之介Given name · Kyōnosuke · きょうのすけ

The exact sequence 享之 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 109. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Takayuki 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.

之of, this31 of 109 analyzed forms行going, journey, carry out21 of 109 analyzed forms幸happiness, blessing, fortune15 of 109 analyzed forms孝filial piety, child's respect13 of 109 analyzed forms隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant11 of 109 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve7 of 109 analyzed forms崇adore, respect, revere7 of 109 analyzed forms高tall, high, expensive7 of 109 analyzed forms敬awe, respect, honor6 of 109 analyzed forms享enjoy, receive, undergo4 of 109 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Takayuki

109 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たかゆき. 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.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 109 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 109 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Takayuki 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
享之たかゆき享 — enjoy, receive · 之 — of, this11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
享往たかゆき享 — enjoy, receive · 往 — journey, travel16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
享行たかゆき享 — enjoy, receive · 行 — going, journey14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
傑行たかゆき傑 — greatness, excellence · 行 — going, journey19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公志たかゆき公 — public, prince · 志 — intention, plan11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公敬たかゆき公 — public, prince · 敬 — awe, respect16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
公章たかゆき公 — public, prince · 章 — badge, chapter15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛行たかゆき剛 — sturdy, strength · 行 — going, journey16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
卓志たかゆき卓 — eminent, table · 志 — intention, plan15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
卓行たかゆき卓 — eminent, table · 行 — going, journey14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
哲之たかゆき哲 — philosophy, clear · 之 — of, this13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
哲征たかゆき哲 — philosophy, clear · 征 — subjugate, attack the rebellious18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
啓行たかゆき啓 — disclose, open · 行 — going, journey17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬之たかゆき喬 — high, boasting · 之 — of, this15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
喬行たかゆき喬 — high, boasting · 行 — going, journey18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
堯之たかゆき堯 — high, far · 之 — of, this15All 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 Takayuki 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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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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Takanobu

42 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Takayuki

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

之享孝崇幸志敬隆高

9 shared kanji · 99 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshitaka

享孝崇幸志敬隆高

8 shared kanji · 85 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takayoshi

享孝崇幸敬行隆高

8 shared kanji · 81 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

之享孝幸志敬行

7 shared kanji · 102 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masayuki

之享孝幸志敬行

7 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yukie

之享孝幸志敬行

7 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tadayuki

之享孝幸志敬行

7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Toshitaka

孝崇幸志敬隆高

7 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takaharu

孝崇志敬行隆高

7 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takafumi

享孝崇幸敬隆高

7 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takako

享孝崇幸敬隆高

7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yukitaka

之孝幸敬行隆高

7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Takayuki

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Exact reading

Search たかゆき

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Ta / た

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之 — of, this

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行 — going, journey

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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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