group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Yoshibumi
允文
Given-name classification varies across source records.
よしぶみヨシブミYoshibumi
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings15 Source spelling/reading rows15 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 Yoshibumi
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: Yoshibumi. 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 Yoshibumi 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 “Yoshibumi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
允文
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
吉史
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
吉文
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
啓文
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
善文
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
喜典
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
喜文
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
好文
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
慶文
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
由文
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
義文
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
義武美
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 15. 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 Yoshibumi 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.
よしぶみ
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.
よしぶみ in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしふみYoshifumi | 5567 source rows | male 5 · female 2 · unspecified 60source rows · distinct forms: male 5 · female 2 · unspecified 49 | 00 source rows |
| よしぶみYoshibumi | 00 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 Yoshibumi
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.
8–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしぶみ | Yoshibumi | 4 | 15 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
13 of 15 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
啓文
4 source-recorded readings
喜典
3 source-recorded readings
好文
3 source-recorded readings
慶文
3 source-recorded readings
義文
3 source-recorded readings
良文
3 source-recorded readings
芳文
3 source-recorded readings
吉史
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
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 Yoshibumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 文 | sentence, literature, style | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | かざり, ふ, も | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 吉 | good luck, joy, congratulations | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | え, き, きっ, きる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 義 | righteousness, justice, morality | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ただし, ちか, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 芳 | perfume, balmy, favorable | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | お, かおる, は, ほ +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 允 | license, sincerity, permit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | まこと, のぶ, まさ, みつ +4 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 啓 | disclose, open, say | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あき, あきら, さとし, はじめ +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 善 | virtuous, good, goodness | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | たる, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 典 | code, ceremony, law | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | すけ, つね, の | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 好 | fond, pleasing, like something | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | こ, たか, とし, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 慶 | jubilation, congratulate, rejoice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | き, きよん, け, みち +3 | 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
允文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
啓文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
善文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜典
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
好文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
慶文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
由文
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshibumiよしぶみ · this pageYoshifumiよしふみ
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 15. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Yoshibumi 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 Yoshibumi
15 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしぶみ. 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.
允文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吉史
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
吉文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
啓文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
善文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
喜典
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
喜文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
好文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
慶文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
由文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
義文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
義武美
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
良文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
芳史
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
芳文
よしぶみ · Yoshibumi
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Yoshibumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 允文 | よしぶみ | 允 — license, sincerity · 文 — sentence, literature | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉史 | よしぶみ | 吉 — good luck, joy · 史 — history, chronicle | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉文 | よしぶみ | 吉 — good luck, joy · 文 — sentence, literature | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 啓文 | よしぶみ | 啓 — disclose, open · 文 — sentence, literature | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 善文 | よしぶみ | 善 — virtuous, good · 文 — sentence, literature | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜典 | よしぶみ | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 典 — code, ceremony | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜文 | よしぶみ | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 文 — sentence, literature | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 好文 | よしぶみ | 好 — fond, pleasing · 文 — sentence, literature | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 慶文 | よしぶみ | 慶 — jubilation, congratulate · 文 — sentence, literature | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 由文 | よしぶみ | 由 — wherefore, a reason · 文 — sentence, literature | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 義文 | よしぶみ | 義 — righteousness, justice · 文 — sentence, literature | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 義武美 | よしぶみ | 義 — righteousness, justice · 武 — warrior, military · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 良文 | よしぶみ | 良 — good, pleasing · 文 — sentence, literature | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 芳史 | よしぶみ | 芳 — perfume, balmy · 史 — history, chronicle | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 芳文 | よしぶみ | 芳 — perfume, balmy · 文 — sentence, literature | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Yoshibumi 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
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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.
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277 recorded spellings
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274 recorded spellings
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239 recorded spellings
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232 recorded spellings
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206 recorded spellings
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193 recorded spellings
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145 recorded spellings
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132 recorded spellings
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129 recorded spellings
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116 recorded spellings
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110 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Yoshibumi
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
Yoshifumi
典史吉啓善喜文義芳
9 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshinori
典吉啓善喜文義芳
8 shared kanji · 95 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshinobu
允史吉啓善喜義芳
8 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimichi
允典吉啓善喜義芳
8 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshihiro
允吉啓善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiaki
允吉啓善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasayoshi
允史吉善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 50 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiroyoshi
允吉啓善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshie
典吉善喜文義芳
7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
史吉啓善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNoriyoshi
典吉啓善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiyoshi
允典吉善喜義芳
7 shared kanji · 29 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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