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Japanese given name

Yasushi

ヤスシ

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

やすしヤスシYasushi
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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 spellings89

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows90

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yasushi

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やすし

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヤスシ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYasushi

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

Mora segmentationや · す · し

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 Yasushi 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 “Yasushi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ヤスシ

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
ヤKana characterスKana characterシKana character
Kana-only spelling

やすし

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
やKana characterすKana characterしKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

やす志

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
やKana characterすKana character志intention, plan, resolve
Kanji spelling

仁

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
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence
Kanji spelling

休司

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
休rest, day off, retire司director, official, govt office
Kanji spelling

依

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
依reliant, depend on, consequently
Kanji spelling

保

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
保protect, guarantee, keep
Kanji spelling

保也

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
保protect, guarantee, keep也to be (classical)
Kanji spelling

保司

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
保protect, guarantee, keep司director, official, govt office
Kanji spelling

保四

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
保protect, guarantee, keep四four

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 90. 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 Yasushi 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 readings2

やすし · ヤスシ

Kanji-based spellings88

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-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms35

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms50

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

やすし in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms117

128 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms11

11 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 11 · female 1 · unspecified 116

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
やすしYasushi117128 source rowsmale 11 · female 1 · unspecified 116source rows · distinct forms: male 9 · female 1 · unspecified 1081111 source rows
やすしYasushi00 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 Yasushi

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 data88

4–26 strokes observed span

Median total strokes13

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms84

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms4

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
やすしYasushi390
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
也寸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?

61 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.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings61

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading18

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set42

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 Yasushi 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
司director, official, govt office11011005つ, つか, つかさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
康ease, peace10900111かん, こ, みち, やす +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
志intention, plan, resolve808007じん, べ, べし, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
保protect, guarantee, keep870019う, お, ぶ, もり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
士gentleman, scholar, samurai808003お, まJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
靖peaceful8700113のぶ, やす, やすし, しず +2Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
史history, chronicle707005あきら, あや, お, こ +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
泰peaceful, calm, peace7600110た, はす, ひろ, や +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
安relax, cheap, low650016あ, あす, あず, あっ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
四four404005あ, つ, よつJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
恭respect, reverent4300110きよ, やす, やすし, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
也to be (classical)321003しJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

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

ヤスシ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yasushiやすし
Characters in order
ヤKanaスKanaシKana
Exact written form

やすし

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yasushiやすし · this page
Characters in order
やKanaすKanaしKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 90. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yasushi 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.

司director, official, govt office11 of 90 analyzed forms康ease, peace10 of 90 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve8 of 90 analyzed forms保protect, guarantee, keep8 of 90 analyzed forms士gentleman, scholar, samurai8 of 90 analyzed forms靖peaceful8 of 90 analyzed forms史history, chronicle7 of 90 analyzed forms泰peaceful, calm, peace7 of 90 analyzed forms安relax, cheap, low6 of 90 analyzed forms四four4 of 90 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yasushi

90 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading やすし. 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.

ヤスシ

ヤスシ · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes —

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

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やすし

やすし · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes —

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

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恬

やすし · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes 9
恬composure
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded reading

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.

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渥

やすし · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes 12
渥kindness, moisten
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.

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燕

やすし · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes 16
燕swallow (bird)
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.

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綏

やすし · Yasushi

Katakana ヤスシMorae 3Strokes 13
綏peaceful, cheap, grab strap
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded reading

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.

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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 90 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 89 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yasushi 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
ヤスシヤスシKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
やすしやすしKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
やす志やすし志 — intention, plan7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
也寸之やすし也 — to be (classical) · 寸 — measurement, tenth of a shaku · 之 — of, this9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
也寸志やすし也 — to be (classical) · 寸 — measurement, tenth of a shaku · 志 — intention, plan13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁やすし仁 — humanity, virtue4All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
休司やすし休 — rest, day off · 司 — director, official11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
依やすし依 — reliant, depend on8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保やすし保 — protect, guarantee9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保也やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 也 — to be (classical)12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保司やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 司 — director, official14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保四やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 四 — four14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保士やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 士 — gentleman, scholar12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保夫やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 夫 — husband, man13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保志やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 志 — intention, plan16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保資やすし保 — protect, guarantee · 資 — assets, resources22All 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 Yasushi 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 やす

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

Yasuo

109 recorded spellings

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Yasuko

96 recorded spellings

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Yasuhiro

95 recorded spellings

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Yasunori

89 recorded spellings

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Yasue

79 recorded spellings

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Yasumi

62 recorded spellings

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Yasuyo

53 recorded spellings

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Yasunobu

51 recorded spellings

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Yasuka

49 recorded spellings

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Yasuyoshi

48 recorded spellings

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Yasutaka

44 recorded spellings

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Yasuaki

43 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Yasushi

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

Hiroshi

史司四士康志泰

7 shared kanji · 90 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kiyoshi

史司四士志泰靖

7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasuo

保司士安康泰靖

7 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasuji

保史司安康泰靖

7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yasuyo

保史四安康泰靖

7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masashi

保史司四士志

6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

保史司四士志

6 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiko

史司四士志泰

6 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings

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Seiji

史司士志泰靖

6 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōshi

史司四士康志

6 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiyasu

保安康志泰靖

6 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kōshirō

史司四士康志

6 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Ya / や

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司 — director, official

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康 — ease, peace

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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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