Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Yutaka

ゆたか

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

ゆたかユタカYutaka

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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 spellings60

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows61

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yutaka

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ゆたか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formユタカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYutaka

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

Mora segmentationゆ · た · か

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

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ゆたか

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たKana characterかKana character

Kana-only spelling

ユタカ

Characters and loaded glosses

ユKana characterタKana characterカKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ゆた賀

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たKana character賀congratulations, joy

Kanji spelling

佑考

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考consider, think over

Kanji spelling

侑尚

Characters and loaded glosses

侑urge to eat尚esteem, furthermore, still

Kanji spelling

優

Characters and loaded glosses

優tenderness, excel, surpass

Kanji spelling

優宇

Characters and loaded glosses

優tenderness, excel, surpass宇eaves, roof, house

Kanji spelling

優教

Characters and loaded glosses

優tenderness, excel, surpass教teach, faith, doctrine

Kanji spelling

勇鷹

Characters and loaded glosses

勇courage, cheer up, be in high spirits鷹hawk

Kanji spelling

哲

Characters and loaded glosses

哲philosophy, clear

Kanji spelling

坦

Characters and loaded glosses

坦level, wide

Kanji spelling

壌

Characters and loaded glosses

壌lot, earth, soil

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 61. 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 Yutaka 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

ゆたか · ユタカ

Kanji-based spellings59

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-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms28

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms23

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms8

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

ゆたか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms60

61 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · female 19 · unspecified 40

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ゆたかYutaka	6061 source rows	male 2 · female 19 · unspecified 40source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · female 18 · unspecified 40	33 source rows
ゆたかYutaka	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 Yutaka

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 data59

3–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms53

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms6

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ゆたか	Yutaka	3	61

Recurring first-position kanji

由wherefore, a reason6 forms 悠permanence, distant3 forms 裕abundant, rich3 forms 優tenderness, excel2 forms 弓bow, bow (archery, violin)2 forms豊bountiful, excellent2 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

香incense, smell4 forms 貴precious, value3 forms 可can, passable3 forms 高tall, high3 forms 賀congratulations, joy2 forms 教teach, faith2 forms

One-character kanji forms

優tenderness, excel1 form 哲philosophy, clear1 form 坦level, wide1 form 壌lot, earth1 form 大large, big1 form 完perfect, completion1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

由多3 analyzed forms 多香2 analyzed forms 多可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?

36 of 61 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 checked61

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings36

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading24

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set15

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

優

15 source-recorded readings

Atsushiあつし Kokoroこころ Satoshiさとし Juriじゅり Suguriすぐり Suguruすぐる

淳

14 source-recorded readings

Akiあき Atsuあつ Atsushiあつし Atsumiあつみ Kiyoきよ Kiyoshiきよし

温

13 source-recorded readings

AtataあたたAtatakaあたたかAtsuあつ Atsushiあつし Onおん Sunaoすなお

大

10 source-recorded readings

Ōkiおおき Shinしん Daiだい Takashiたかし Takeshiたけし Hajimeはじめ

哲

9 source-recorded readings

Akiあき Akiraあきら Satoshiさとし SatoruさとるChoruちょるTetsuてつ

坦

9 source-recorded readings

Akiraあきら Shizukaしずか Tairaたいら Tanたん Hiroshiひろし Hiromuひろむ

完

9 source-recorded readings

Kanかん Sadamuさだむ Tamotsuたもつ Hiroshiひろし MasashiまさしMatashiまたし

泰

9 source-recorded readings

Itaruいたる Daiだい Taeたえ Tōruとおる Hiroひろ Hiroshiひろし

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 Yutaka 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
多	many, frequent, much	7	0	0	7	0	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
由	wherefore, a reason	6	6	0	0	0	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
香	incense, smell, perfume	4	0	4	0	0	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
裕	abundant, rich, fertile	4	3	0	0	1	12	すけ, のり, ひろ, ひろし +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
優	tenderness, excel, surpass	3	2	0	0	1	17	ゆ, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
貴	precious, value, prize	3	0	3	0	0	12	きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
悠	permanence, distant, long time	3	3	0	0	0	11	ゆ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
可	can, passable, approval	3	0	3	0	0	5	よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
高	tall, high, expensive	3	0	3	0	0	10	か, こ, じょい, た +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
豊	bountiful, excellent, rich	3	2	0	0	1	13	て, で, と, ひろし +4	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
賀	congratulations, joy	2	0	2	0	0	12	か, のり, よし, より	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
教	teach, faith, doctrine	2	0	2	0	0	11	のり, ひさ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

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

ゆたか

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

ゆKanaたKanaかKana

Exact written form

ユタカ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか

Characters in order

ユKanaタKanaカKana

Exact written form

ゆた賀

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

ゆKanaたKana賀congratulations, joy

Exact written form

佑考

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

佑help, assist考consider, think over

Exact written form

侑尚

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

侑urge to eat尚esteem, furthermore

Exact written form

優

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Atsushiあつし Kokoroこころ Satoshiさとし Juriじゅり Suguriすぐり Suguruすぐる Sunaoすなお Hiroひろ

Characters in order

優tenderness, excel

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優宇

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

YūゆうYutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

優tenderness, excel宇eaves, roof

Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

優宇人Given name · Yūto · ゆうと

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

Exact written form

優教

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

優tenderness, excel教teach, faith

Exact written form

勇鷹

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Yutakaゆたか · this page

Characters in order

勇courage, cheer up鷹hawk

Exact written form

哲

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Akiあき Akiraあきら Satoshiさとし SatoruさとるChoruちょるTetsuてつ Tōruとおる Hiroshiひろし

Characters in order

哲philosophy, clear

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 61. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yutaka 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.

多many, frequent, much7 of 61 analyzed forms 由wherefore, a reason6 of 61 analyzed forms 香incense, smell, perfume4 of 61 analyzed forms 裕abundant, rich, fertile4 of 61 analyzed forms 優tenderness, excel, surpass3 of 61 analyzed forms 貴precious, value, prize3 of 61 analyzed forms 悠permanence, distant, long time3 of 61 analyzed forms 可can, passable, approval3 of 61 analyzed forms 高tall, high, expensive3 of 61 analyzed forms 豊bountiful, excellent, rich3 of 61 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yutaka

61 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ゆたか. 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.

ゆたか

ゆたか · Yutaka

Katakana ユタカMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Yutaka

Extended source depth

How to read Yutaka

What can Yutaka mean?

ゆたか

ユタカ

ゆた賀

佑考

侑尚

優

優宇

優教

勇鷹

哲

坦

壌

How to read these meanings

How Yutaka is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Yutaka

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Yutaka spellings

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

ゆたか

ユタカ

ゆた賀

佑考

侑尚

優

優宇

優教

勇鷹

哲

Kanji recurring across Yutaka spellings

Explore written forms of Yutaka

ゆたか

ユタカ

ゆた賀

佑考

侑尚

優

優宇

優教

勇鷹

哲

坦

壌

大

完

宥

富

寛

寛佳

広

弓多果

弓貴

悠喬

悠貴

悠隆

愃

愉崇

有太可

柚多香

泰

泰生

浩

淳

温

湯多可

由多加

由多可

由多賀

由教

由貴

由高

益

碩

祐

祐孝

禮