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ReferenceNamesYoshitaka
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Japanese given name

Yoshitaka

ヨシタカ

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

よしたかヨシタカYoshitaka
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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 spellings132

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows132

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yoshitaka

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よしたか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヨシタカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYoshitaka

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

Mora segmentationよ · し · た · か

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 Yoshitaka 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 “Yoshitaka”, 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

ヨシタカ

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タKana characterカKana character
Kanji spelling

万孝

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
万ten thousand, 10,000孝filial piety, child's respect
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

佳孝

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孝filial piety, child's respect
Kanji spelling

佳隆

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隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant
Kanji spelling

佳高

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高tall, high, expensive
Kanji spelling

儀孝

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孝filial piety, child's respect
Kanji spelling

儀隆

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隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant
Kanji spelling

克孝

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孝filial piety, child's respect
Kanji spelling

克尚

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尚esteem, furthermore, still

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 132. 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 Yoshitaka 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

よしたか · ヨシタカ

Kanji-based spellings131

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

2-kanji forms129

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms2

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

よしたか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms133

133 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms7

8 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 17 · female 1 · unspecified 115

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
よしたかYoshitaka133133 source rowsmale 17 · female 1 · unspecified 115source rows · distinct forms: male 17 · female 1 · unspecified 11578 source rows
よしたかYoshitaka00 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 Yoshitaka

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 data131

10–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms110

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms21

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
よしたかYoshitaka4132
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

26 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 readings26

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading54

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set15

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

仁孝
3 source-recorded readings
NinkōにんこうYoshitakaよしたか · this pageYoshiyukiよしゆき

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 Yoshitaka 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
孝filial piety, child's respect36234007たか, たかし, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant200200017—Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
高tall, high, expensive140140010か, こ, じょい, た +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
義righteousness, justice, morality131300013ただし, ちか, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
良good, pleasing, skilled12120007じ, なが, まこと, よし +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
貴precious, value, prize10190012きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
善virtuous, good, goodness9900012たる, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
崇adore, respect, revere8080011す, たか, たかし, たかむJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
敬awe, respect, honor7160012け, たか, たかし, たけ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
吉good luck, joy, congratulations770006え, き, きっ, きる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
芳perfume, balmy, favorable770007お, かおる, は, ほ +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
剛sturdy, strength6330010かた, こう, ご, たか +7Jōyō · 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

ヨシタカ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshitakaよしたか · this page
Characters in order
ヨKanaシKanaタKanaカKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 132. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yoshitaka 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.

孝filial piety, child's respect36 of 132 analyzed forms隆prosperous, plentiful, abundant20 of 132 analyzed forms高tall, high, expensive14 of 132 analyzed forms義righteousness, justice, morality13 of 132 analyzed forms良good, pleasing, skilled12 of 132 analyzed forms貴precious, value, prize10 of 132 analyzed forms善virtuous, good, goodness9 of 132 analyzed forms崇adore, respect, revere8 of 132 analyzed forms敬awe, respect, honor7 of 132 analyzed forms吉good luck, joy, congratulations7 of 132 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yoshitaka

132 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしたか. 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.

ヨシタカ

ヨシタカ · Yoshitaka

Katakana ヨシタカ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 132 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 132 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yoshitaka 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
ヨシタカヨシタカKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
万孝よしたか万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
与志隆よしたか与 — bestow, participate in · 志 — intention, plan · 隆 — prosperous, plentiful27Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
仁孝よしたか仁 — humanity, virtue · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佐登よしたか佐 — assistant, help · 登 — ascend, climb up19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳孝よしたか佳 — excellent, beautiful · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳隆よしたか佳 — excellent, beautiful · 隆 — prosperous, plentiful25Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
佳高よしたか佳 — excellent, beautiful · 高 — tall, high18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
儀孝よしたか儀 — ceremony, rule · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
儀隆よしたか儀 — ceremony, rule · 隆 — prosperous, plentiful32Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
克孝よしたか克 — overcome, kindly · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克尚よしたか克 — overcome, kindly · 尚 — esteem, furthermore15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克崇よしたか克 — overcome, kindly · 崇 — adore, respect18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克高よしたか克 — overcome, kindly · 高 — tall, high17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
凱孝よしたか凱 — victory song · 孝 — filial piety, child's respect19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利昂よしたか利 — profit, advantage · 昂 — rise15All 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 Yoshitaka 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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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 Yoshitaka

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

Takayoshi

吉善孝崇敬義良貴隆高

10 shared kanji · 101 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takāki

孝崇敬義良貴隆高

8 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takanori

孝崇敬義貴隆高

7 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiaki

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshimi

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 51 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshie

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 36 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

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Takanobu

孝崇敬良貴隆高

7 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings

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Katsuyoshi

吉善孝敬義良貴

7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazutaka

孝崇敬良貴隆高

7 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Yoshitaka

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Exact reading

Search よしたか

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Yo / よ

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孝 — filial piety, child's respect

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隆 — prosperous, plentiful

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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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