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Japanese given name

Tatsuo

たつを

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

たつおタツオTatsuo
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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 spellings64

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows65

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Tatsuo

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たつお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタツオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTatsuo

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

Mora segmentationた · つ · お

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Tatsuo 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 “Tatsuo”, 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

たつを

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つKana characterをKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

たつ夫

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
たKana characterつKana character夫husband, man
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

タツ夫

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
タKana characterツKana character夫husband, man
Kanji spelling

健夫

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

健生

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.

Kanji spelling

健男

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

健雄

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.

Kanji spelling

剛男

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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

多つを

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
多many, frequent, muchつKana characterをKana character
Kanji spelling

多津夫

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.

Kanji spelling

多津男

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.

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 65. 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 Tatsuo 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 readings3

たつお · たつを · タツお

Kanji-based spellings64

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms58

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms3

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

たつお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms63

64 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 5 · female 2 · unspecified 57

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
たつおTatsuo6364 source rowsmale 5 · female 2 · unspecified 57source rows · distinct forms: male 5 · female 2 · unspecified 5633 source rows
たつをTatsuo22 source rowsmale 1 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · unspecified 100 source rows
たつおTatsuo00 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.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Tatsuo records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written formSource readingJMnedict source text
たつをたつをTatsuwo
多つをたつをTatsuwo

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

65 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Tatsuo

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 data64

4–30 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms63

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
多津2 analyzed forms

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?

33 of 65 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 checked65

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings33

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading31

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set7

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 Tatsuo 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
夫husband, man12012004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
男male12012007みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
達accomplished, reach, arrive101000012かつ, さと, て, てつ +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
生life, genuine, birth808005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
雄masculine, male, hero8080012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
竜dragon, imperial8800010りうJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
辰sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac770007とき, のぶ, のぶるJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
龍dragon, imperial7700016りゅJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
立stand up, rise, set up550005たち, たっ, たつ, だて +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
郎son, counter for sons505009いら, お, とう, もん +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
健healthy, health, strength4400011かつ, たけ, たけし, たて +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
朗clear, bright, distinct4040011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10

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

たつを

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tatsuoたつを · this page
Characters in order
たKanaつKanaをKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 65. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Tatsuo 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 Tatsuo

63 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たつお. 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.

たつを

たつを · Tatsuo

Katakana タツヲMorae 3Strokes —

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

Spelling comparator

Compare Tatsuo 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
たつをたつをKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
たつ夫たつお夫 — husband, man4All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
タツ夫タツお夫 — husband, man4All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健夫たつお健 — healthy, health · 夫 — husband, man15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健生たつお健 — healthy, health · 生 — life, genuine16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健男たつお健 — healthy, health · 男 — male18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健雄たつお健 — healthy, health · 雄 — masculine, male23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛男たつお剛 — sturdy, strength · 男 — male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
多つをたつを多 — many, frequent6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
多津夫たつお多 — many, frequent · 津 — haven, port · 夫 — husband, man19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
多津男たつお多 — many, frequent · 津 — haven, port · 男 — male22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
太津朗たつお太 — plump, thick · 津 — haven, port · 朗 — clear, bright24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奮男たつお奮 — stirred up, be invigorated · 男 — male23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建夫たつお建 — build · 夫 — husband, man13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建生たつお建 — build · 生 — life, genuine14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
建男たつお建 — build · 男 — male16All 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 Tatsuo 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 たつ

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Tatsuo

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.

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Where to go next from Tatsuo

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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