group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Tomoichi
伴一
Given-name classification varies across source records.
ともいちトモイチTomoichi
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 Tomoichi
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: Tomoichi. 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 Tomoichi 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 “Tomoichi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
伴一
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
共一
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
友一
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
友市
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
外茂一
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
寅一
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
智一
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
朋一
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
朝一
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
知一
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
鵬一
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 Tomoichi 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.
ともいち
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.
ともいち in the imported JMnedict corpus
11 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ともいちTomoichi | 1111 source rows | male 2 · unspecified 9source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · unspecified 9 | 11 source row |
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 Tomoichi
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.
5–20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ともいち | Tomoichi | 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
智一
4 source-recorded readings
朝一
4 source-recorded readings
友一
3 source-recorded readings
寅一
3 source-recorded readings
共一
2 source-recorded readings
KyōichiきょういちTomoichiともいち · this page
友市
2 source-recorded readings
Tomoichiともいち · this pageYūichiゆういち
知一
2 source-recorded readings
Tomoichiともいち · this pageTomokazuともかず
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 Tomoichi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | かず, い, いっ, いる +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 友 | friend | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | う, ど, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 伴 | consort, accompany, bring with | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 共 | together, both, neither | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 市 | market, city, town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | い, ち | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 外 | outside | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | うい, け, ふか | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 茂 | overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | うむさ, き, し, つとむ +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 寅 | sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | とも, のぶ | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 智 | wisdom, intellect, reason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | さと, さとし, さとる, さとい +9 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 朋 | companion, friend | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 朝 | morning, dynasty, regime | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あ, あそ, ささ, ちか +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 知 | know, wisdom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | さと, さとる, しり, しれ +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
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
伴一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tomoichiともいち · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 伴一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
共一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KyōichiきょういちTomoichiともいち · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 共一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
友一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 友一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
友市
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tomoichiともいち · this pageYūichiゆういち
Characters in order
Exact written form
外茂一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tomoichiともいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
寅一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
智一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
朋一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tomoichiともいち · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
朝一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
知一
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tomoichiともいち · this pageTomokazuともかず
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 Tomoichi 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 Tomoichi
11 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ともいち. 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.
伴一
ともいち · Tomoichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
共一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
友一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
友市
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
外茂一
ともいち · Tomoichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
寅一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
智一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
朋一
ともいち · Tomoichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
朝一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
知一
ともいち · Tomoichi
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.
鵬一
ともいち · Tomoichi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Tomoichi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伴一 | ともいち | 伴 — consort, accompany · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 共一 | ともいち | 共 — together, both · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 友一 | ともいち | 友 — friend · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 友市 | ともいち | 友 — friend · 市 — market, city | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 外茂一 | ともいち | 外 — outside · 茂 — overgrown, grow thick · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 寅一 | ともいち | 寅 — sign of the tiger, 3-5AM · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 智一 | ともいち | 智 — wisdom, intellect · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 朋一 | ともいち | 朋 — companion, friend · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 朝一 | ともいち | 朝 — morning, dynasty · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 知一 | ともいち | 知 — know, wisdom · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 鵬一 | ともいち | 鵬 — phoenix · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Tomoichi 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 とも
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 · female · limited reference
Tomomi
185 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTomoe
158 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTomoko
119 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTomoka
97 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTomonori
62 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTomoyoshi
58 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTomohiro
57 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTomoaki
54 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTomō
51 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceTomoyo
50 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceTomoki
47 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceTomoyuki
46 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Tomoichi
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
Tomō
伴共友外寅智朋茂
8 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoji
伴共友外寅智朋茂
8 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomomi
伴共友寅智朋茂
7 shared kanji · 76 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoe
伴共友外智朋茂
7 shared kanji · 69 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoko
伴共友外智朋茂
7 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoyuki
伴共友外智朋茂
7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoka
伴共友智朋茂
6 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoyo
伴共友智朋茂
6 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomokazu
一共友寅智朋
6 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomoichirō
一伴共友智朋
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomohiko
伴共友智朋茂
6 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTomonori
伴友智朋茂
5 shared kanji · 35 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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