group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Toshihiko
とし彦
Male-classified given-name records.
としひこトシヒコToshihiko
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings37 Source spelling/reading rows37 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 Toshihiko
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: Toshihiko. 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 Toshihiko 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 “Toshihiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
とし彦
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
世彦
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
俊彦
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
俊比古
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
保彦
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
利彦
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
十四彦
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
壽彦
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
外士彦
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
外志彦
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
季彦
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
寿彦
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 37. 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 Toshihiko 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.
としひこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
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.
としひこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
37 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| としひこToshihiko | 3737 source rows | male 37source rows · distinct forms: male 37 | 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 Toshihiko
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.
9–34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| としひこ | Toshihiko | 4 | 37 |
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?
19 of 37 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
順彦
6 source-recorded readings
紀彦
5 source-recorded readings
寿彦
4 source-recorded readings
明彦
4 source-recorded readings
聡彦
4 source-recorded readings
俊彦
3 source-recorded readings
季彦
3 source-recorded readings
憲彦
3 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 Toshihiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 彦 | lad, boy, fine young man | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 9 | よし, こ, ひろ, やす | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 志 | intention, plan, resolve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | じん, べ, べし, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 比 | compare, race, ratio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | い, ぴっ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 古 | old | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ふゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 登 | ascend, climb up | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | たか, のぼし, のぼり, のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 俊 | sagacious, genius, excellence | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | すぐる, とし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 外 | outside | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | うい, け, ふか | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 士 | gentleman, scholar, samurai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | お, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 年 | year, counter for years | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 敏 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 世 | generation, world, society | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | とし, ゆ, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 保 | protect, guarantee, keep | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | う, お, ぶ, もり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
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
とし彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
世彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TokihikoときひこToshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 世彦 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
俊彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
俊比古
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
保彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this pageYasuhikoやすひこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
利彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
十四彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Exact written form
壽彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
外士彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
外志彦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Toshihikoとしひこ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 37. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Toshihiko 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.
彦lad, boy, fine young man34 of 37 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve4 of 37 analyzed forms比compare, race, ratio3 of 37 analyzed forms古old3 of 37 analyzed forms登ascend, climb up3 of 37 analyzed forms俊sagacious, genius, excellence2 of 37 analyzed forms外outside2 of 37 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai2 of 37 analyzed forms年year, counter for years2 of 37 analyzed forms敏Kanji record2 of 37 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Toshihiko
37 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading としひこ. 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.
とし彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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世彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
俊彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
俊比古
としひこ · Toshihiko
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保彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
利彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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十四彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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壽彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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外士彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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外志彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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季彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
寿彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
年彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
年比古
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
憲彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
才彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
捷彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
敏彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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敏比古
としひこ · Toshihiko
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明彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
星彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
智彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
歳彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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淑彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
灯志彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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登史彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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登士彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
登志彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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稔彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
穎彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
紀彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
聡彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
肇彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
載彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鋭彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
闘志彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
順彦
としひこ · Toshihiko
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Toshihiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| とし彦 | としひこ | 彦 — lad, boy | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 世彦 | としひこ | 世 — generation, world · 彦 — lad, boy | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 俊彦 | としひこ | 俊 — sagacious, genius · 彦 — lad, boy | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 俊比古 | としひこ | 俊 — sagacious, genius · 比 — compare, race · 古 — old | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 保彦 | としひこ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 彦 — lad, boy | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利彦 | としひこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 彦 — lad, boy | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 十四彦 | としひこ | 十 — ten · 四 — four · 彦 — lad, boy | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 壽彦 | としひこ | 壽 — longevity, congratulations · 彦 — lad, boy | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 外士彦 | としひこ | 外 — outside · 士 — gentleman, scholar · 彦 — lad, boy | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 外志彦 | としひこ | 外 — outside · 志 — intention, plan · 彦 — lad, boy | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 季彦 | としひこ | 季 — seasons · 彦 — lad, boy | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 寿彦 | としひこ | 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 彦 — lad, boy | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 年彦 | としひこ | 年 — year, counter for years · 彦 — lad, boy | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 年比古 | としひこ | 年 — year, counter for years · 比 — compare, race · 古 — old | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 憲彦 | としひこ | 憲 — constitution, law · 彦 — lad, boy | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 才彦 | としひこ | 才 — genius, years old · 彦 — lad, boy | 12 | 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 Toshihiko 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 とし
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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165 recorded spellings
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132 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceToshie
106 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceToshiaki
87 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceToshimi
67 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceToshihiro
66 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceToshiyuki
60 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceToshinori
54 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceToshiki
52 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceToshi
46 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceToshikazu
39 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceToshitaka
36 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Toshihiko
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
Toshiko
俊古士外年志敏登
8 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshio
俊士外年志敏登
7 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshi
俊士外年志敏登
7 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshie
俊外年志敏登
6 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatoshi
俊士年志敏登
6 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshihiro
俊外年志敏登
6 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasatoshi
俊士年志敏登
6 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshiyuki
俊外年志敏登
6 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshiki
俊年志敏登
5 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshimi
俊年志敏登
5 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHitoshi
士志敏比登
5 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipToshiya
俊年志敏登
5 shared kanji · 15 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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