group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Takeshi
たけし
Given-name classification varies across source records.
たけしタケシTakeshi
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings131 Source spelling/reading rows132 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 Takeshi
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: Takeshi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Takeshi 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 “Takeshi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
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based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
たけし
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けKana characterしKana character
Kana-only spelling
タケシ
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
タKana characterケKana characterシKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
たけ志
This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
丈
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
丈史
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
丈司
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
丈嗣
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
丈士
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
丈志
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
Kanji spelling
健
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
健之
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
Kanji spelling
健也
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 132. 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 Takeshi 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.
たけし · タケシ
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
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
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.
たけし in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
13 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| たけじTakeji | 150157 source rows | male 12 · female 1 · unspecified 144source rows · distinct forms: male 12 · female 1 · unspecified 140 | 00 source rows |
| たけしTakeshi | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1213 source rows |
| たけしTakeshi | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 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 Takeshi
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.
3–25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| たけし | Takeshi | 3 | 132 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
49 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.
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
斌
大
10 source-recorded readings
健
9 source-recorded readings
建
9 source-recorded readings
剛
8 source-recorded readings
彪
8 source-recorded readings
岳
7 source-recorded readings
丈
6 source-recorded readings
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 Takeshi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 志 | intention, plan, resolve | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | じん, べ, べし, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 司 | director, official, govt office | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | つ, つか, つかさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 武 | warrior, military, chivalry | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | う, お, たけし, たけん +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 士 | gentleman, scholar, samurai | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | お, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 健 | healthy, health, strength | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | かつ, たけ, たけし, たて +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 猛 | fierce, rave, rush | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | たけ, たけし, たける | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 之 | of, this | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ゆき, いたる, あき, つな +5 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 孟 | chief, beginning | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | たけし, たけ, はる, はじめ +3 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 岳 | point, peak, mountain | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | おか, たか, たけん | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 竹 | bamboo | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | たか | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 丈 | length, ten shaku, measure | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | とも, ますら | 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
たけし
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this page
Characters in order
たKanaけKanaしKana
Exact written form
タケシ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし
Characters in order
タKanaケKanaシKana
Exact written form
たけ志
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this page
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Exact written form
丈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
丈史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this pageTomofumiともふみ
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Exact written form
丈司
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakejiたけじTakeshiたけし · this page
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Exact written form
丈嗣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this page
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Exact written form
丈士
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this page
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Exact written form
丈志
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takeshiたけし · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
健
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 132. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Takeshi 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.
志intention, plan, resolve18 of 132 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office17 of 132 analyzed forms武warrior, military, chivalry17 of 132 analyzed forms史history, chronicle12 of 132 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai12 of 132 analyzed forms健healthy, health, strength10 of 132 analyzed forms猛fierce, rave, rush8 of 132 analyzed forms之of, this7 of 132 analyzed forms孟chief, beginning7 of 132 analyzed forms岳point, peak, mountain7 of 132 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Takeshi
132 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たけし. 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.
たけし
たけし · Takeshi
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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タケシ
タケシ · Takeshi
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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たけ志
たけし · Takeshi
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丈
たけし · Takeshi
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丈史
たけし · Takeshi
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丈司
たけし · Takeshi
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丈嗣
たけし · Takeshi
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丈士
たけし · Takeshi
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丈志
たけし · Takeshi
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健
たけし · Takeshi
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健之
たけし · Takeshi
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健也
たけし · Takeshi
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健二
たけし · Takeshi
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健史
たけし · Takeshi
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健司
たけし · Takeshi
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健嗣
たけし · Takeshi
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健士
たけし · Takeshi
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健志
たけし · Takeshi
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健資
たけし · Takeshi
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傑
たけし · Takeshi
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剛
たけし · Takeshi
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剛之
たけし · Takeshi
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剛史
たけし · Takeshi
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剛司
たけし · Takeshi
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剛士
たけし · Takeshi
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剛志
たけし · Takeshi
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勇
たけし · Takeshi
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哮司
たけし · Takeshi
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堅
たけし · Takeshi
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壮
たけし · Takeshi
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壮史
たけし · Takeshi
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壮志
たけし · Takeshi
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壯
たけし · Takeshi
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多景士
たけし · Takeshi
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多計司
たけし · Takeshi
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多計志
たけし · Takeshi
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大
たけし · Takeshi
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太圭司
たけし · Takeshi
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太希子
たけし · Takeshi
太plump, thick, big around希hope, beg, request, pray子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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太計司
たけし · Takeshi
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太計志
たけし · Takeshi
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威
たけし · Takeshi
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威司
たけし · Takeshi
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威士
たけし · Takeshi
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威志
たけし · Takeshi
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孟
たけし · Takeshi
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孟之
たけし · Takeshi
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孟史
たけし · Takeshi
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孟司
たけし · Takeshi
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孟士
たけし · Takeshi
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孟子
たけし · Takeshi
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孟志
たけし · Takeshi
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尊
たけし · Takeshi
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岑
たけし · Takeshi
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岳
たけし · Takeshi
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岳人
たけし · Takeshi
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岳史
たけし · Takeshi
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岳士
たけし · Takeshi
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岳志
たけし · Takeshi
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岳至
たけし · Takeshi
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岳詩
たけし · Takeshi
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峻
たけし · Takeshi
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建
たけし · Takeshi
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建史
たけし · Takeshi
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建志
たけし · Takeshi
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彪
たけし · Takeshi
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悍
たけし · Takeshi
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悍二
たけし · Takeshi
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斌
たけし · Takeshi
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斌之
たけし · Takeshi
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断
たけし · Takeshi
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武
たけし · Takeshi
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武之
たけし · Takeshi
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武伺
たけし · Takeshi
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武史
たけし · Takeshi
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武司
たけし · Takeshi
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武嗣
たけし · Takeshi
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武四
たけし · Takeshi
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武士
たけし · Takeshi
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.
武始
たけし · Takeshi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 132 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 131 distinct written spellings.
Spelling comparator
Compare Takeshi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| たけし | たけし | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| タケシ | タケシ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| たけ志 | たけし | 志 — intention, plan | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈史 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku · 史 — history, chronicle | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈司 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku · 司 — director, official | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈嗣 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈士 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku · 士 — gentleman, scholar | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 丈志 | たけし | 丈 — length, ten shaku · 志 — intention, plan | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健之 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 之 — of, this | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健也 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 也 — to be (classical) | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健二 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健史 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 史 — history, chronicle | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健司 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 司 — director, official | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 健嗣 | たけし | 健 — healthy, health · 嗣 — heir, succeed | 24 | All 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 Takeshi 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 たけ
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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52 recorded spellings
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45 recorded spellings
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41 recorded spellings
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41 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakehiko
33 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTakeru
25 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTakeharu
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakeji
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakeko
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTaketoshi
23 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTakeaki
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Takeshi
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
之史司士孟岳志武
8 shared kanji · 117 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenji
之健史司士志
6 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYasushi
之健史司士志
6 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenshi
之健史司士志
6 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKenshirō
之健史司士志
6 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasatake
健士孟岳武猛
6 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakeyuki
之健岳志武猛
6 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiroshi
之史司士志
5 shared kanji · 101 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōji
之史司士志
5 shared kanji · 79 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasashi
之史司士志
5 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatoshi
之史司士志
5 shared kanji · 56 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoshi
之史司士志
5 shared kanji · 45 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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