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Japanese given name

Yoshinori

ヨシノリ

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

よしのりヨシノリYoshinori
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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 spellings232

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows232

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yoshinori

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よしのり

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヨシノリ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYoshinori

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

Mora segmentationよ · し · の · り

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

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ヨシノリ

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
ヨKana characterシKana characterノKana characterリKana character
Kanji spelling

亮徳

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
亮clear, help徳benevolence, virtue, goodness
Kanji spelling

仁典

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
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence典code, ceremony, law
Kanji spelling

仁康

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康ease, peace
Kanji spelling

仁智

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智wisdom, intellect, reason
Kanji spelling

令儀

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儀ceremony, rule, affair
Kanji spelling

佐伝

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
佐assistant, help伝transmit, go along, walk along
Kanji spelling

佐登

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
佐assistant, help登ascend, climb up
Kanji spelling

佳典

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good典code, ceremony, law
Kanji spelling

佳則

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則rule, law, follow
Kanji spelling

佳徳

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徳benevolence, virtue, goodness

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 232. 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 Yoshinori 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

よしのり · ヨシノリ

Kanji-based spellings231

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms226

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms4

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

よしのり in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms232

232 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 18 · female 1 · unspecified 213

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
よしのりYoshinori232232 source rowsmale 18 · female 1 · unspecified 213source rows · distinct forms: male 18 · female 1 · unspecified 21322 source rows
よしのりYoshinori00 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 Yoshinori

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 data231

9–36 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms224

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms7

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
よしのりYoshinori4232
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
志則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?

30 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 readings30

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading50

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set4

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

功典
3 source-recorded readings
IsanoriいさのりKatsunoriかつのりYoshinoriよしのり · this page

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 Yoshinori 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
義righteousness, justice, morality282430113ただし, ちか, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
典code, ceremony, law23023008すけ, つね, のJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
則rule, law, follow20020009—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
徳benevolence, virtue, goodness201190014あつ, なる, のり, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
良good, pleasing, skilled19190007じ, なが, まこと, よし +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
紀chronicle, account, narrative18018009おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
範pattern, example, model150150015のりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
憲constitution, law141130016かず, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
嘉applaud, praise, esteem141400014ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
芳perfume, balmy, favorable13130007お, かおる, は, ほ +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
吉good luck, joy, congratulations12120006え, き, きっ, きる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
善virtuous, good, goodness121200012たる, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

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

ヨシノリ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshinoriよしのり · this page
Characters in order
ヨKanaシKanaノKanaリKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 232. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yoshinori 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.

義righteousness, justice, morality28 of 232 analyzed forms典code, ceremony, law23 of 232 analyzed forms則rule, law, follow20 of 232 analyzed forms徳benevolence, virtue, goodness20 of 232 analyzed forms良good, pleasing, skilled19 of 232 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative18 of 232 analyzed forms範pattern, example, model15 of 232 analyzed forms憲constitution, law14 of 232 analyzed forms嘉applaud, praise, esteem14 of 232 analyzed forms芳perfume, balmy, favorable13 of 232 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yoshinori

232 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしのり. 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.

ヨシノリ

ヨシノリ · Yoshinori

Katakana ヨシノリMorae 4Strokes —

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

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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 232 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 232 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yoshinori 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
ヨシノリヨシノリKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
与志則よしのり与 — bestow, participate in · 志 — intention, plan · 則 — rule, law19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亮徳よしのり亮 — clear, help · 徳 — benevolence, virtue23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁典よしのり仁 — humanity, virtue · 典 — code, ceremony12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁康よしのり仁 — humanity, virtue · 康 — ease, peace15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁智よしのり仁 — humanity, virtue · 智 — wisdom, intellect16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
令儀よしのり令 — orders, laws · 儀 — ceremony, rule20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佐伝よしのり佐 — assistant, help · 伝 — transmit, go along13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佐登よしのり佐 — assistant, help · 登 — ascend, climb up19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳典よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 典 — code, ceremony16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳則よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 則 — rule, law17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳徳よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 徳 — benevolence, virtue22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳法よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 法 — method, law16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳範よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 範 — pattern, example23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳紀よしのり佳 — excellent, beautiful · 紀 — chronicle, account17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
俶教よしのり俶 — beginning, good · 教 — teach, faith21Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Yoshinori 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.

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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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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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Yoshimasa

92 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Yoshinori

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

Noriyoshi

典則嘉徳憲範紀義良芳

10 shared kanji · 63 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masanori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takanori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings

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Norihiro

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tomonori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings

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Noriaki

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

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Minori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takenori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings

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Noriko

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Noriyo

典則徳憲範紀良

7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Norimasa

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazunori

典則徳憲範紀義

7 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Yo / よ

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義 — righteousness, justice

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典 — code, ceremony

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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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