group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Yōzō
庸三
Given-name classification varies across source records.
ようぞうヨウゾウYōzō
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings25 Source spelling/reading rows25 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 Yōzō
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: Youzou. 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 Yōzō 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 “Yōzō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
庸三
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
庸蔵
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
庸造
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
暘三
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.
Kanji spelling
暢三
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.
Kanji spelling
洋三
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
洋蔵
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
洋造
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
溶三
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
燿三
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.
Kanji spelling
用三
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
祥蔵
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 25. 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 Yōzō 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.
ようぞう
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.
ようぞう in the imported JMnedict corpus
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ようぞうYōzō | 2728 source rows | female 1 · unspecified 27source rows · distinct forms: female 1 · unspecified 26 | 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 Yōzō
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.
8–35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ようぞう | Yōzō | 4 | 25 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
4 of 25 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
洋三
4 source-recorded readings
暢三
3 source-recorded readings
庸三
2 source-recorded readings
TsunezōつねぞうYōzōようぞう · this page
祥蔵
2 source-recorded readings
ShōzōしょうぞうYōzōようぞう · 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 Yōzō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 三 | three | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | か, さ, さい, さえ +11 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 蔵 | storehouse, hide, own | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | くらし, くらん, くろう, さし +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 造 | create, make, structure | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ずくり, づくり, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 庸 | commonplace, ordinary, employment | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | つね, のぶ, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 洋 | ocean, sea, foreign | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | なだ, ひろ, ひろし, よ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 要 | need, main point, essence | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | とし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 陽 | sunshine, yang principle, positive | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, あきら, あけ, はる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 耀 | shine, sparkle, gleam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | あかる | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 養 | foster, bring up, rear | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | や | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 暘 | sunrise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 暢 | stretch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | いたる, のぶ, のぶる, なが +6 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 溶 | melt, dissolve, thaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | 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
庸三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
TsunezōつねぞうYōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 庸三 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
庸蔵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
庸造
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
暘三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Exact written form
暢三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Exact written form
洋三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
洋蔵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
洋造
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
溶三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
燿三
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yōzōようぞう · this page
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 25. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Yōzō 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.
三three13 of 25 analyzed forms蔵storehouse, hide, own7 of 25 analyzed forms造create, make, structure5 of 25 analyzed forms庸commonplace, ordinary, employment3 of 25 analyzed forms洋ocean, sea, foreign3 of 25 analyzed forms要need, main point, essence3 of 25 analyzed forms陽sunshine, yang principle, positive3 of 25 analyzed forms耀shine, sparkle, gleam2 of 25 analyzed forms養foster, bring up, rear2 of 25 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Yōzō
25 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ようぞう. 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.
庸三
ようぞう · Yōzō
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.
庸蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
庸造
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
暘三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
暢三
ようぞう · Yōzō
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.
洋三
ようぞう · Yōzō
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.
洋蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
洋造
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
溶三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
燿三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
用三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
祥蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
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.
羊三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
耀三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
耀蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
葉蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
要三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
要蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
要造
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
遥三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
陽三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
陽蔵
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
陽造
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
養三
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
養造
ようぞう · Yōzō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Yōzō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 庸三 | ようぞう | 庸 — commonplace, ordinary · 三 — three | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 庸蔵 | ようぞう | 庸 — commonplace, ordinary · 蔵 — storehouse, hide | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 庸造 | ようぞう | 庸 — commonplace, ordinary · 造 — create, make | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 暘三 | ようぞう | 暘 — sunrise · 三 — three | 16 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 暢三 | ようぞう | 暢 — stretch · 三 — three | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 洋三 | ようぞう | 洋 — ocean, sea · 三 — three | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 洋蔵 | ようぞう | 洋 — ocean, sea · 蔵 — storehouse, hide | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 洋造 | ようぞう | 洋 — ocean, sea · 造 — create, make | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 溶三 | ようぞう | 溶 — melt, dissolve · 三 — three | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 燿三 | ようぞう | 燿 — shine · 三 — three | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 用三 | ようぞう | 用 — utilize, business · 三 — three | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 祥蔵 | ようぞう | 祥 — good luck · 蔵 — storehouse, hide | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 羊三 | ようぞう | 羊 — sheep · 三 — three | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 耀三 | ようぞう | 耀 — shine, sparkle · 三 — three | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 耀蔵 | ようぞう | 耀 — shine, sparkle · 蔵 — storehouse, hide | 35 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 葉蔵 | ようぞう | 葉 — leaf, plane · 蔵 — storehouse, hide | 27 | 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 Yōzō 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 よう
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 · female · limited reference
Yōko
98 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYōsuke
59 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYōji
39 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceYō
34 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYōjirō
26 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceYōichi
25 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceYōka
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYōnosuke
21 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceYōichirō
20 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceYōkō
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceYōkichi
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceYōki
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Yōzō
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
Yōko
庸暘洋耀要陽養
7 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōnosuke
庸暘洋耀要陽養
7 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōichi
庸暘洋耀要陽養
7 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōji
庸洋耀要陽養
6 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōzaburō
三庸洋要陽養
6 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōichirō
庸洋耀要陽養
6 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōkichi
庸暘洋要陽養
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYō
庸洋耀要陽養
6 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōsuke
庸洋耀要陽
5 shared kanji · 33 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKōyō
庸暘洋耀陽
5 shared kanji · 25 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōjirō
庸洋要陽養
5 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYōka
庸洋耀要陽
5 shared kanji · 11 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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