group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Yoshichika
佳史
Given-name classification varies across source records.
よしちかヨシチカYoshichika
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings26 Source spelling/reading rows26 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 Yoshichika
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: Yoshichika. 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 Yoshichika 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 “Yoshichika”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
佳史
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
吉親
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
善親
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
嘉親
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
好近
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
宜親
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
宣史
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
尚周
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
惇睦
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
愛親
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
慶親
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
欣愛
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 26. 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 Yoshichika 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.
よしちか
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
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.
よしちか in the imported JMnedict corpus
26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしちかYoshichika | 2626 source rows | male 1 · unspecified 25source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · unspecified 25 | 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 Yoshichika
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.
13–31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしちか | Yoshichika | 4 | 26 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
6 of 26 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
佳史
3 source-recorded readings
義和
3 source-recorded readings
祐年
2 source-recorded readings
HirotoshiひろとしYoshichikaよしちか · this page
祥哉
2 source-recorded readings
HiroyaひろやYoshichikaよしちか · this page
義愛
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshichikaよしちか · this pageYoshinaruよしなる
良周
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshichikaよしちか · this pageRyōshūりょうしゅう
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 Yoshichika 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 親 | parent, intimacy, relative | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ぎ, ちか, のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 義 | righteousness, justice, morality | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ただし, ちか, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 史 | history, chronicle | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あきら, あや, お, こ +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 周 | circumference, circuit, lap | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | あまね, しゅ, す, ちか +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 愛 | love, affection, favourite | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あ, あし, え, かな +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 近 | near, early, akin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | おう, おお, この | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 祥 | good luck | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 能 | ability, talent, skill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | たか, の, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 佳 | excellent, beautiful, good | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | けい, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 吉 | good luck, joy, congratulations | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | え, き, きっ, きる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 善 | virtuous, good, goodness | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | たる, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 嘉 | applaud, praise, esteem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +1 | 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
佳史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉親
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
善親
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
嘉親
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
好近
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
宜親
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
宣史
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
尚周
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
惇睦
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
愛親
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshichikaよしちか · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 26. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Yoshichika 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.
親parent, intimacy, relative9 of 26 analyzed forms義righteousness, justice, morality5 of 26 analyzed forms史history, chronicle3 of 26 analyzed forms周circumference, circuit, lap3 of 26 analyzed forms愛love, affection, favourite3 of 26 analyzed forms近near, early, akin2 of 26 analyzed forms祥good luck2 of 26 analyzed forms能ability, talent, skill2 of 26 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Yoshichika
26 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしちか. 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.
佳史
よしちか · Yoshichika
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.
吉親
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
善親
よしちか · Yoshichika
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嘉親
よしちか · Yoshichika
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好近
よしちか · Yoshichika
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宜親
よしちか · Yoshichika
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宣史
よしちか · Yoshichika
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尚周
よしちか · Yoshichika
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惇睦
よしちか · Yoshichika
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愛親
よしちか · Yoshichika
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慶親
よしちか · Yoshichika
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欣愛
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
欽史
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
祐年
よしちか · Yoshichika
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.
祥周
よしちか · Yoshichika
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祥哉
よしちか · Yoshichika
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.
美比
よしちか · Yoshichika
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義和
よしちか · Yoshichika
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.
義幾
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
義愛
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
義親
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
義近
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
能親
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
能隣
よしちか · Yoshichika
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良周
よしちか · Yoshichika
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.
芳親
よしちか · Yoshichika
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Yoshichika 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 佳史 | よしちか | 佳 — excellent, beautiful · 史 — history, chronicle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉親 | よしちか | 吉 — good luck, joy · 親 — parent, intimacy | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 善親 | よしちか | 善 — virtuous, good · 親 — parent, intimacy | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嘉親 | よしちか | 嘉 — applaud, praise · 親 — parent, intimacy | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 好近 | よしちか | 好 — fond, pleasing · 近 — near, early | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宜親 | よしちか | 宜 — best regards, good · 親 — parent, intimacy | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宣史 | よしちか | 宣 — proclaim, say · 史 — history, chronicle | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尚周 | よしちか | 尚 — esteem, furthermore · 周 — circumference, circuit | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 惇睦 | よしちか | 惇 — sincere, kind · 睦 — intimate, friendly | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛親 | よしちか | 愛 — love, affection · 親 — parent, intimacy | 29 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 慶親 | よしちか | 慶 — jubilation, congratulate · 親 — parent, intimacy | 31 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欣愛 | よしちか | 欣 — take pleasure in, rejoice · 愛 — love, affection | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 欽史 | よしちか | 欽 — respect, revere · 史 — history, chronicle | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 祐年 | よしちか | 祐 — help · 年 — year, counter for years | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 祥周 | よしちか | 祥 — good luck · 周 — circumference, circuit | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 祥哉 | よしちか | 祥 — good luck · 哉 — how, what | 20 | 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 Yoshichika 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 よし
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
Yoshio
287 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshimi
277 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceYoshie
274 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYoshihiro
239 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshinori
232 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshiko
206 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYoshiaki
193 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshiyuki
145 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshitaka
132 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYoshinobu
129 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYoshiki
116 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYoshikazu
110 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Yoshichika
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
Masayoshi
佳史吉愛祥義能
7 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
佳史吉愛祥義能
7 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakayoshi
佳吉愛祥義能親
7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
佳史吉愛祥義能
7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshihito
佳史吉愛祥義能
7 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshino
佳史吉愛祥義能
7 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimi
佳吉愛祥義能
6 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshihiro
佳吉愛祥義能
6 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshinori
佳吉愛祥義能
6 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiaki
佳吉愛祥義能
6 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshie
佳吉愛祥義能
6 shared kanji · 47 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshinobu
佳史吉祥義能
6 shared kanji · 34 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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