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Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese surname

Fuku

不具

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

ふくフクFuku

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Reference coverage

Standard source depth

This reading group has enough source-recorded spelling and record depth for the main reference library. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings5

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows5

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelStandard

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Fuku

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ふく

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formフク

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationFuku

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

Mora segmentationふ · く

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Fuku 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 “Fuku”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings5

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

不具

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

不negative, non-, bad具tool, utensil, means

Kanji spelling

伏

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

伏prostrated, bend down, bow

Kanji spelling

富久

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

富wealth, enrich, abundant久long time, old story

Kanji spelling

幅

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

幅hanging scroll, width

Kanji spelling

福

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

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 Fuku 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

ふく

Kanji-based spellings5

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters2

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae2

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

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-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

ふく in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms11

12 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms5

5 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 8 · unspecified 4

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ふくFuku	1112 source rows	female 8 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 7 · unspecified 4	55 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 Fuku

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 data5

6–15 strokes observed span

Median total strokes12

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms5

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
ふく	Fuku	2	5

Recurring first-position kanji

不negative, non-1 form富wealth, enrich1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

具tool, utensil1 form 久long time, old story1 form

One-character kanji forms

伏prostrated, bend down1 form 幅hanging scroll, width1 form 福happiness1 form

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

4 of 5 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 checked5

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings4

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading1

within this active surname corpus

Largest reading set7

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

福

7 source-recorded readings

Takaradaたからだ Tomiとみ HamafukuはまふくFukuふく · this pageFukusakiふくさき Fukuzakiふくざき

富久

3 source-recorded readings

TomikuとみくTomihisaとみひさFukuふく · this page

伏

2 source-recorded readings

Fukuふく · this pageFuseふせ

幅

2 source-recorded readings

HabaはばFukuふく · 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 Fuku 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
不	negative, non-, bad	1	1	0	0	0	4	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
具	tool, utensil, means	1	0	1	0	0	8	とも	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
伏	prostrated, bend down, bow	1	0	0	0	1	6	ふし, ふせ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
富	wealth, enrich, abundant	1	1	0	0	0	12	と, とん, ふっ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
久	long time, old story	1	0	1	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
幅	hanging scroll, width	1	0	0	0	1	12	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
福	happiness	1	0	0	0	1	14	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10

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

不具

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Fukuふく · this page

Characters in order

不negative, non-具tool, utensil

Exact written form

伏

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Fukuふく · this pageFuseふせ

Characters in order

伏prostrated, bend down

Exact written form

富久

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

TomikuとみくTomihisaとみひさFukuふく · this page

Characters in order

富wealth, enrich久long time, old story

Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

富久也Given name · Tokuya · とくや 富久代Given name · Fukuyo · ふくよ 富久司Given name · Fukuji · ふくじ

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

Exact written form

幅

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

HabaはばFukuふく · this page

Characters in order

幅hanging scroll, width

Exact written form

福

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Takaradaたからだ Tomiとみ HamafukuはまふくFukuふく · this pageFukusakiふくさき FukuzakiふくざきFukutsuruふくつる

Characters in order

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Fuku

5 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ふく. 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.

不具

ふく · Fuku

Katakana フクMorae 2Strokes 12

不negative, non-, bad, ugly 具tool, utensil, means, possess

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伏

ふく · Fuku

Katakana フクMorae 2Strokes 6

伏prostrated, bend down, bow, cover

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded reading

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

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富久

ふく · Fuku

Katakana フクMorae 2Strokes 15

富wealth, enrich, abundant 久long time, old story

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded reading

Tomikuとみく

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

Search this exact writing Exact two-kanji context

幅

ふく · Fuku

Katakana フクMorae 2Strokes 12

幅hanging scroll, width

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded reading

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

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福

ふく · Fuku

Katakana フクMorae 2Strokes 14

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded readings

Takaradaたからだ Tomiとみ Hamafukuはまふく Fukusakiふくさき

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

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Spelling comparator

Compare Fuku 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
不具	ふく	不 — negative, non- · 具 — tool, utensil	12	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伏	ふく	伏 — prostrated, bend down	6	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
富久	ふく	富 — wealth, enrich · 久 — long time, old story	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
幅	ふく	幅 — hanging scroll, width	12	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
福	ふく	福 — happiness	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Fuku 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 surnames beginning with ふく

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.

Surname · limited reference

Fukui

9 recorded spellings

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Fukushima

9 recorded spellings

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Fukuyama

9 recorded spellings

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Fukuda

8 recorded spellings

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Fukuma

8 recorded spellings

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Fukuyo

8 recorded spellings

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Fukumoto

7 recorded spellings

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Fukuya

7 recorded spellings

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Fukube

6 recorded spellings

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Fukue

6 recorded spellings

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Fukuhara

6 recorded spellings

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Fukumasu

6 recorded spellings

Shared-kanji relationships

Other surnames sharing kanji with Fuku

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.

Surname relationship

Fukuda

久伏富幅福

5 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukuya

3 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukushima

3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukuyama

3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukuo

3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fuki

3 shared kanji · 4 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukuhara

3 shared kanji · 4 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukuse

3 shared kanji · 4 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fukunishiki

3 shared kanji · 3 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshitomi

2 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fushima

2 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kifuku

2 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Fuku

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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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