Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Yukako

ゆかこ

Female-classified given-name records.

ゆかこユカコYukako

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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 spellings113

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows114

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yukako

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ゆかこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formユカコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYukako

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

Mora segmentationゆ · か · こ

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Yukako 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 “Yukako”, 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

ゆかこ

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

ゆKana characterかKana characterこKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ユカ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

ユKana characterカKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ゆか子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

ゆKana characterかKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑佳子

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

佑help, assist佳excellent, beautiful, good子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑加子

Characters and loaded glosses

佑help, assist加add, addition, increase子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑嘉子

Characters and loaded glosses

佑help, assist嘉applaud, praise, esteem子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑果子

Characters and loaded glosses

佑help, assist果fruit, reward, carry out子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑華子

Characters and loaded glosses

佑help, assist華splendor, flower, petal子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

佑香子

Characters and loaded glosses

佑help, assist香incense, smell, perfume子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

侑加子

Characters and loaded glosses

侑urge to eat加add, addition, increase子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

侑華子

Characters and loaded glosses

侑urge to eat華splendor, flower, petal子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

優佳子

Characters and loaded glosses

優tenderness, excel, surpass佳excellent, beautiful, good子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 114. 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 Yukako 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

ゆかこ · ユカこ

Kanji-based spellings113

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms110

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

ゆかこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms113

114 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 114

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ゆかこYukako	113114 source rows	female 114source rows · distinct forms: female 113	00 source rows
ゆかこYukako	00 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 Yukako

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 data113

3–44 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms113

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ゆかこ	Yukako	3	114

Recurring first-position kanji

由wherefore, a reason21 forms 有possess, have13 forms 友friend12 forms 祐help8 forms 結tie, bind8 forms 裕abundant, rich7 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat110 forms 呼call, call out to1 form 湖lake1 form 心heart, mind1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

香子13 analyzed forms 佳子11 analyzed forms 加子10 analyzed forms 華子9 analyzed forms 花子8 analyzed forms 果子7 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?

6 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 readings6

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading73

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

優香子

2 source-recorded readings

Yukakoゆかこ · this pageYumikoゆみこ

夢叶子

2 source-recorded readings

Yukakoゆかこ · this pageYumekakoゆめかこ

有嘉子

2 source-recorded readings

Yukakoゆかこ · this pageYukikoゆきこ

有香子

2 source-recorded readings

UkakoうかこYukakoゆかこ · this page

由和子

2 source-recorded readings

Yukakoゆかこ · this pageYuwakoゆわこ

由夏子

2 source-recorded readings

YūnakoゆうなこYukakoゆかこ · 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 Yukako 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	110	0	110	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
由	wherefore, a reason	21	21	0	0	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
香	incense, smell, perfume	13	0	0	13	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
有	possess, have, exist	13	13	0	0	6	あ, あら, あり, ある +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
佳	excellent, beautiful, good	12	0	0	12	8	けい, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
友	friend	12	12	0	0	4	う, ど, ゆ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
加	add, addition, increase	10	0	0	10	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
華	splendor, flower, petal	9	0	0	9	10	わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
花	flower	9	0	0	9	7	わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
祐	help	8	8	0	0	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
結	tie, bind, contract	8	8	0	0	12	ゆい, ゆう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
果	fruit, reward, carry out	7	0	0	7	8	み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

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

ゆかこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

ゆKanaかKanaこKana

Exact written form

ユカ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ

Characters in order

ユKanaカKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

ゆか子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

ゆKanaかKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佑佳子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist佳excellent, beautiful子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佑加子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist加add, addition子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佑嘉子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist嘉applaud, praise子child, sign of the rat

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佑果子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist果fruit, reward子child, sign of the rat

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佑華子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist華splendor, flower子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

佑香子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist香incense, smell子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

侑加子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yukakoゆかこ · this page

Characters in order

侑urge to eat加add, addition子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 114. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yukako 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM110 of 114 analyzed forms 由wherefore, a reason21 of 114 analyzed forms 香incense, smell, perfume13 of 114 analyzed forms 有possess, have, exist13 of 114 analyzed forms 佳excellent, beautiful, good12 of 114 analyzed forms 友friend12 of 114 analyzed forms 加add, addition, increase10 of 114 analyzed forms 華splendor, flower, petal9 of 114 analyzed forms 花flower9 of 114 analyzed forms 祐help8 of 114 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yukako

114 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ゆかこ. 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.

ゆかこ

ゆかこ · Yukako

Katakana ユカコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Yukako

Extended source depth

How to read Yukako

What can Yukako mean?

ゆかこ

ユカ子

ゆか子

佑佳子

佑加子

佑嘉子

佑果子

佑華子

佑香子

侑加子

侑華子

優佳子

How to read these meanings

How Yukako is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Yukako

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Yukako spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

ゆかこ

ユカ子

ゆか子

佑佳子

佑加子

佑嘉子

佑果子

佑華子

佑香子

侑加子

Kanji recurring across Yukako spellings

Explore written forms of Yukako

ゆかこ

ユカ子

ゆか子

佑佳子

佑加子

佑嘉子

佑果子

佑華子

佑香子

侑加子

侑華子

優佳子

優加子

優夏子

優果子

優花子

優香子

又鹿子

友佳子

友加子

友可子

友圭子

友夏子

友果子

友架子

友珂子

友花子

友華子

友賀子

友香子

唯華子

夕佳子

夕加子

夕夏子

夕霞子

夕香子

夢佳子

夢叶子

夢花子

幽夏子

幽香子

弓哉子

弓果子

悠佳子

悠花子