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ReferenceNamesYoshihiko
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JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Yoshihiko

与志彦

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

よしひこヨシヒコYoshihiko
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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 spellings74

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows74

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yoshihiko

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よしひこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヨシヒコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYoshihiko

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

Mora segmentationよ · し · ひ · こ

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

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

仁彦

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
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

令彦

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
令orders, laws, command彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

佳彦

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

儀彦

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
儀ceremony, rule, affair彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

允彦

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
允license, sincerity, permit彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

兆彦

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
兆portent, 10**12, trillion彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

克彦

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
克overcome, kindly, skillfully彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

叔彦

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
叔uncle, youth彦lad, boy, fine young man
Kanji spelling

可彦

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
可can, passable, approval彦lad, boy, fine young man

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 74. 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 Yoshihiko 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 readings1

よしひこ

Kanji-based spellings74

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

2-kanji forms60

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms14

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

よしひこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms74

74 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsmale 71 · female 1 · unspecified 2

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
よしひこYoshihiko7474 source rowsmale 71 · female 1 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: male 71 · female 1 · unspecified 211 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 Yoshihiko

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 data73

13–26 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms71

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms3

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
よしひこYoshihiko474
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
比古6 analyzed forms志彦3 analyzed forms司彦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?

41 of 74 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 checked74

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings41

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading33

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

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 Yoshihiko 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
彦lad, boy, fine young man66066009よし, こ, ひろ, やすJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
比compare, race, ratio600604い, ぴっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
古old606005ふゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
志intention, plan, resolve300307じん, べ, べし, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
佳excellent, beautiful, good220008けい, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
吉good luck, joy, congratulations220006え, き, きっ, きる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
日day, sun, Japan200204あ, あき, いる, く +8Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
善virtuous, good, goodness2200012たる, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
四four220005あ, つ, よつJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
司director, official, govt office200205つ, つか, つかさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
宜best regards, good220008き, たか, のぶ, のり +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
由wherefore, a reason220005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

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

仁彦

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KimihikoきみひこKimiyoshiきみよしHitohikoひとひこMasahikoまさひこYoshihikoよしひこ · this page
Characters in order
仁humanity, virtue彦lad, boy
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
久仁彦Given name · Kunihiko · くにひこ公仁彦Given name · Kunihiko · くにひこ功仁彦Given name · Kunihiko · くにひこ

The exact sequence 仁彦 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 74. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yoshihiko 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 man66 of 74 analyzed forms比compare, race, ratio6 of 74 analyzed forms古old6 of 74 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve3 of 74 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good2 of 74 analyzed forms吉good luck, joy, congratulations2 of 74 analyzed forms日day, sun, Japan2 of 74 analyzed forms善virtuous, good, goodness2 of 74 analyzed forms四four2 of 74 analyzed forms司director, official, govt office2 of 74 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yoshihiko

74 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしひこ. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yoshihiko 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
与志彦よしひこ与 — bestow, participate in · 志 — intention, plan · 彦 — lad, boy19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁彦よしひこ仁 — humanity, virtue · 彦 — lad, boy13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
令彦よしひこ令 — orders, laws · 彦 — lad, boy14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
余志彦よしひこ余 — too much, myself · 志 — intention, plan · 彦 — lad, boy23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳彦よしひこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳志彦よしひこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 志 — intention, plan · 彦 — lad, boy24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
儀彦よしひこ儀 — ceremony, rule · 彦 — lad, boy24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
允彦よしひこ允 — license, sincerity · 彦 — lad, boy13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
兆彦よしひこ兆 — portent, 10**12 · 彦 — lad, boy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克彦よしひこ克 — overcome, kindly · 彦 — lad, boy16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
叔彦よしひこ叔 — uncle, youth · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
可彦よしひこ可 — can, passable · 彦 — lad, boy14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
吉彦よしひこ吉 — good luck, joy · 彦 — lad, boy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
吉日児よしひこ吉 — good luck, joy · 日 — day, sun · 児 — newborn babe, child17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和彦よしひこ和 — harmony, Japanese style · 彦 — lad, boy17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
哲彦よしひこ哲 — philosophy, clear · 彦 — lad, boy19All 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 Yoshihiko 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

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Yoshimi

277 recorded spellings

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Yoshie

274 recorded spellings

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Yoshihiro

239 recorded spellings

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Yoshinori

232 recorded spellings

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Yoshiko

206 recorded spellings

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Yoshiaki

193 recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

145 recorded spellings

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Yoshitaka

132 recorded spellings

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Yoshinobu

129 recorded spellings

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Yoshiki

116 recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

110 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Yoshihiko

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

Yoshiko

佳古司吉善四志

7 shared kanji · 36 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

佳司吉善四彦志

7 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

佳司吉善四志

6 shared kanji · 51 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kiyoshi

佳司吉善四志

6 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiji

佳司吉善四彦

6 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hisashi

古司四志日比

6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takashi

佳司四志日

5 shared kanji · 63 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshimi

佳吉善彦志

5 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroshi

司四志日比

5 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshie

佳司吉善志

5 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshihiro

佳吉善彦志

5 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings

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Toshihiko

古四彦志比

5 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

Search よしひこ

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Yo / よ

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彦 — lad, boy

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比 — compare, race

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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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