Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese surname

Asuka

亜寿香

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

あすかアスカAsuka

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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 spellings8

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows8

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Asuka

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あすか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアスカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAsuka

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

Mora segmentationあ · す · 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 Asuka 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 “Asuka”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings8

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

亜寿香

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

亜Asia, rank next, come after寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

明日佳

Characters and loaded glosses

明bright, light日day, sun, Japan佳excellent, beautiful, good

Kanji spelling

明日香

Characters and loaded glosses

明bright, light日day, sun, Japan香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

明香

Characters and loaded glosses

明bright, light香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

阿壽賀

Characters and loaded glosses

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon壽longevity, congratulations賀congratulations, joy

Kanji spelling

阿寿賀

Characters and loaded glosses

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life賀congratulations, joy

Kanji spelling

飛香

Characters and loaded glosses

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

飛鳥

Characters and loaded glosses

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter鳥bird, chicken

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 Asuka 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 readings1

あすか

Kanji-based spellings8

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

2-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms5

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

あすか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms181

184 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms10

10 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 181 · unspecified 3

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
あすかAsuka	181184 source rows	female 181 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: female 178 · unspecified 3	1010 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 Asuka

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 data8

17–34 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms8

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
あすか	Asuka	3	8

Recurring first-position kanji

明bright, light3 forms 阿Africa, flatter2 forms 飛fly, skip (pages)2 forms亜Asia, rank next1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

香incense, smell4 forms 賀congratulations, joy2 forms 佳excellent, beautiful1 form 鳥bird, chicken1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

明日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?

1 of 8 displayed written forms have more than one surname 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 checked8

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings1

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading7

within this active surname corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

飛鳥

3 source-recorded readings

Asukaあすか · this pageTobishimaとびしまHichōひちょう

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 Asuka 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
香	incense, smell, perfume	4	0	4	0	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
明	bright, light	3	3	0	0	8	あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
寿	longevity, congratulations, one's natural life	2	0	0	2	7	かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
日	day, sun, Japan	2	0	0	2	4	あ, あき, いる, く +8	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
阿	Africa, flatter, fawn upon	2	2	0	0	8	ほとり, あず, あわ, おか +2	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
賀	congratulations, joy	2	0	2	0	12	か, のり, よし, より	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
飛	fly, skip (pages), scatter	2	2	0	0	9	あす, とび	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
亜	Asia, rank next, come after	1	1	0	0	7	や, つぎ, つぐ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
佳	excellent, beautiful, good	1	0	1	0	8	けい, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
壽	longevity, congratulations	1	0	0	1	14	かず, じ, とし, ひさ +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
鳥	bird, chicken	1	0	1	0	11	か, と, とっ	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

亜寿香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

亜Asia, rank next寿longevity, congratulations香incense, smell

Exact written form

明日佳

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

明bright, light日day, sun佳excellent, beautiful

Exact written form

明日香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

明bright, light日day, sun香incense, smell

Exact written form

明香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

明bright, light香incense, smell

Exact written form

阿壽賀

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

阿Africa, flatter壽longevity, congratulations賀congratulations, joy

Exact written form

阿寿賀

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

阿Africa, flatter寿longevity, congratulations賀congratulations, joy

Exact written form

飛香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this page

Characters in order

飛fly, skip (pages)香incense, smell

Exact written form

飛鳥

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Asukaあすか · this pageTobishimaとびしまHichōひちょう

Characters in order

飛fly, skip (pages)鳥bird, chicken

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Asuka 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.

香incense, smell, perfume4 of 8 analyzed forms 明bright, light3 of 8 analyzed forms 寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life2 of 8 analyzed forms 日day, sun, Japan2 of 8 analyzed forms 阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon2 of 8 analyzed forms 賀congratulations, joy2 of 8 analyzed forms 飛fly, skip (pages), scatter2 of 8 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Asuka

8 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あすか. 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.