group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Takuya
倬也
Given-name classification varies across source records.
たくやタクヤTakuya
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings29 Source spelling/reading rows29 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 Takuya
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: Takuya. 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 Takuya 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 “Takuya”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
倬也
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
Kanji spelling
倬弥
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
匠也
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
Kanji spelling
卓也
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
Kanji spelling
卓冶
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
卓哉
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
卓夫
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
卓弥
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
卓彌
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
卓爾
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
卓矢
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
卓耶
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 29. 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 Takuya 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.
たくや
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 spelling
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.
たくや in the imported JMnedict corpus
29 source spelling/reading rows
2 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| たくやTakuya | 2929 source rows | male 4 · unspecified 25source rows · distinct forms: male 4 · unspecified 25 | 22 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 Takuya
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.
9–25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| たくや | Takuya | 3 | 29 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
8 of 29 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
卓夫
卓弥
匠也
2 source-recorded readings
Takuyaたくや · this pageNaruyaなるや
卓也
2 source-recorded readings
TakayaたかやTakuyaたくや · this page
卓哉
2 source-recorded readings
TakayaたかやTakuyaたくや · this page
卓爾
2 source-recorded readings
TakujiたくじTakuyaたくや · this page
拓弥
2 source-recorded readings
TakumiたくみTakuyaたくや · this page
琢弥
2 source-recorded readings
TakumiたくみTakuyaたくや · 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 Takuya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 卓 | eminent, table, desk | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | すぐる, たか, たかし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 也 | to be (classical) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | し | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 拓 | clear (the land), open, break up (land) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | つ, ひろ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 弥 | all the more, increasingly | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | わたる, みつ, ひろ, よ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 哉 | how, what, alas | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | か, すけ, とし, ちか +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 啄 | peck, pick up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | くち, はし, ばし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 琢 | polish | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 彌 | extensive, full, fill | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ゆ | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 矢 | dart, arrow | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 耶 | question mark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 倬 | large, clear, remarkable | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 匠 | artisan, workman, carpenter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 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
倬也
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
倬弥
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
匠也
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takuyaたくや · this pageNaruyaなるや
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓也
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakayaたかやTakuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓冶
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓哉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakayaたかやTakuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓夫
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓弥
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓彌
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Takuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
卓爾
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TakujiたくじTakuyaたくや · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 29. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Takuya 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.
卓eminent, table, desk9 of 29 analyzed forms也to be (classical)7 of 29 analyzed forms拓clear (the land), open, break up (land)6 of 29 analyzed forms弥all the more, increasingly5 of 29 analyzed forms哉how, what, alas5 of 29 analyzed forms啄peck, pick up5 of 29 analyzed forms琢polish4 of 29 analyzed forms彌extensive, full, fill3 of 29 analyzed forms矢dart, arrow3 of 29 analyzed forms耶question mark3 of 29 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Takuya
29 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たくや. 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.
倬也
たくや · Takuya
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倬弥
たくや · Takuya
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匠也
たくや · Takuya
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卓也
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
卓冶
たくや · Takuya
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卓哉
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
卓夫
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
卓弥
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
卓彌
たくや · Takuya
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卓爾
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
卓矢
たくや · Takuya
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卓耶
たくや · Takuya
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啄也
たくや · Takuya
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啄哉
たくや · Takuya
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啄弥
たくや · Takuya
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啄矢
たくや · Takuya
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啄耶
たくや · Takuya
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巧彌
たくや · Takuya
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拓也
たくや · Takuya
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拓哉
たくや · Takuya
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拓弥
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
拓彌
たくや · Takuya
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
拓矢
たくや · Takuya
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
拓耶
たくや · Takuya
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
琢久哉
たくや · Takuya
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琢也
たくや · Takuya
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琢哉
たくや · Takuya
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琢弥
たくや · Takuya
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
託也
たくや · Takuya
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Takuya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 倬也 | たくや | 倬 — large, clear · 也 — to be (classical) | 13 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 倬弥 | たくや | 倬 — large, clear · 弥 — all the more, increasingly | 18 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 匠也 | たくや | 匠 — artisan, workman · 也 — to be (classical) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓也 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 也 — to be (classical) | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓冶 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 冶 — melting, smelting | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓哉 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 哉 — how, what | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓夫 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 夫 — husband, man | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓弥 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 弥 — all the more, increasingly | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓彌 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 彌 — extensive, full | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓爾 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 爾 — you, thou | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓矢 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 矢 — dart, arrow | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 卓耶 | たくや | 卓 — eminent, table · 耶 — question mark | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啄也 | たくや | 啄 — peck, pick up · 也 — to be (classical) | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啄哉 | たくや | 啄 — peck, pick up · 哉 — how, what | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啄弥 | たくや | 啄 — peck, pick up · 弥 — all the more, increasingly | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啄矢 | たくや | 啄 — peck, pick up · 矢 — dart, arrow | 15 | 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 Takuya 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 たく
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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22 recorded spellings
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20 recorded spellings
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15 recorded spellings
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11 recorded spellings
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11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTakuko
9 recorded spellings
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9 recorded spellings
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8 recorded spellings
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8 recorded spellings
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7 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Takuya
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
Sayaka
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 178 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSaya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyako
也哉弥琢矢耶
6 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYūya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiyako
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYae
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTetsuya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYayoi
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMitsuya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKimiya
也哉弥彌矢耶
6 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyaka
也哉弥矢耶
5 shared kanji · 133 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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