group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings15 Source spelling/reading rows21 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 Hozumi
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: Hozumi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Hozumi 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 “Hozumi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
保住
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
保栖
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
保泉
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
保積
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
保角
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
八月一日
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
八月朔
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
八月朔日
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
八朔日
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
八角
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
宝積
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
寳積
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 15. 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 Hozumi 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.
ほずみ · ほづみ
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
recorded spellings
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.
ほずみ in the imported JMnedict corpus
31 source spelling/reading rows
14 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ほずみHozumi | 3131 source rows | female 27 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 27 · unspecified 4 | 1214 source rows |
| ぽつみPotsumi | 1517 source rows | female 16 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 14 · unspecified 1 | 00 source rows |
| ほづみHozumi | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1012 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 Hozumi
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.
9–35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ほずみ | Hozumi | 3 | 12 |
| ほづみ | Hozumi | 3 | 9 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
10 of 15 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active surname corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
八角
17 source-recorded readings
保泉
8 source-recorded readings
宝積
8 source-recorded readings
穂積
8 source-recorded readings
八月一日
4 source-recorded readings
八月朔日
4 source-recorded readings
保住
3 source-recorded readings
HosuほすHosumiほすみHozumiほずみ · this page
保角
3 source-recorded readings
Hozumiほずみ · this pageHotsunoほつのYasusumiやすすみ
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 Hozumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 保 | protect, guarantee, keep | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | う, お, ぶ, もり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 積 | volume, product (x*y), acreage | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | か, さか, しゃこ, ずみ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 八 | eight, eight radical (no. 12) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | な, は, はっ, やち +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 月 | month, moon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | おと, がっ, す, ずき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 日 | day, sun, Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | あ, あき, いる, く +8 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 朔 | conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | たち | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 住 | dwell, reside, live | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | し, じゅ, すみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 角 | angle, corner, square | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | い, す, すみ, ずみ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 穂 | ear, ear (grain), head | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | お, こう, のり, ほい | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 栖 | nest, rookery, hive | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | す, すみ | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 泉 | spring, fountain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | いず, ずい, ずみ, ぜい +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | かず, い, いっ, いる +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
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
保住
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
HosuほすHosumiほすみHozumiほずみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
保栖
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hozumiほずみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
保泉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
HoizuほいずHoizumiほいずみHōsenほうせんHozumiほずみ · this pageHosenほせんHozumiほづみ · this pageYasuizumiやすいずみYasuzumiやすずみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
保積
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hozumiほずみ · this pageHozumiほづみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
保角
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hozumiほずみ · this pageHotsunoほつのYasusumiやすすみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
八月一日
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
八月朔
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hozumiほずみ · this page
Exact written form
八月朔日
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Exact written form
八朔日
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hozumiほづみ · this page
Exact written form
八角
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
HakataはかたHachikadoはちかどHachisumiはちすみHachizunoはちづのHakkakuはっかくHatsukakuはつかくHosumiほすみHozumiほずみ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 15. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Hozumi 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.
保protect, guarantee, keep5 of 15 analyzed forms積volume, product (x*y), acreage5 of 15 analyzed forms八eight, eight radical (no. 12)5 of 15 analyzed forms月month, moon3 of 15 analyzed forms日day, sun, Japan3 of 15 analyzed forms朔conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north3 of 15 analyzed forms住dwell, reside, live2 of 15 analyzed forms角angle, corner, square2 of 15 analyzed forms穂ear, ear (grain), head2 of 15 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Hozumi
12 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ほずみ. 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.
保住
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
保栖
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
保泉
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
保泉
ほづみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
保積
ほずみ · Hozumi
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.
保積
ほづみ · Hozumi
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.
保角
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
八月一日
ほずみ · Hozumi
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)月month, moon一one, one radical (no.1)日day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
八月一日
ほづみ · Hozumi
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)月month, moon一one, one radical (no.1)日day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
八月朔
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
八月朔日
ほずみ · Hozumi
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)月month, moon朔conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north日day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
八月朔日
ほづみ · Hozumi
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)月month, moon朔conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north日day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
八朔日
ほづみ · Hozumi
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)朔conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north日day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
八角
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
宝積
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
宝積
ほづみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
寳積
ほづみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
穂住
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
穂積
ほずみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
穂積
ほづみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
穗積
ほづみ · Hozumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Hozumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 保住 | ほずみ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 住 — dwell, reside | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 保栖 | ほずみ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 栖 — nest, rookery | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 保泉 | ほずみ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 泉 — spring, fountain | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 保積 | ほずみ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 積 — volume, product (x*y) | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 保角 | ほずみ | 保 — protect, guarantee · 角 — angle, corner | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八月一日 | ほずみ | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 月 — month, moon · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 日 — day, sun | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八月朔 | ほずみ | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 月 — month, moon · 朔 — conjunction (astronomy), first day of month | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八月朔日 | ほずみ | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 月 — month, moon · 朔 — conjunction (astronomy), first day of month · 日 — day, sun | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八朔日 | ほづみ | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 朔 — conjunction (astronomy), first day of month · 日 — day, sun | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 八角 | ほずみ | 八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 角 — angle, corner | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宝積 | ほずみ | 宝 — treasure, wealth · 積 — volume, product (x*y) | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 寳積 | ほづみ | 寳 — treasure, jewel · 積 — volume, product (x*y) | 35 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 穂住 | ほずみ | 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 住 — dwell, reside | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 穂積 | ほずみ | 穂 — ear, ear (grain) · 積 — volume, product (x*y) | 31 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 穗積 | ほづみ | 穗 — ear (of grain), head · 積 — volume, product (x*y) | 33 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Hozumi 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.
Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Hozumi
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
Hōzumi
住八日月朔積角
7 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipHotsumi
八日月朔穂積
6 shared kanji · 2 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYasumi
住保八角
4 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipOzumi
住穂積角
4 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYasuzumi
住保栖積
4 shared kanji · 4 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSumiya
住栖角
3 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKisumi
住栖角
3 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKusumi
住栖角
3 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMorizumi
住積角
3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipOkuzumi
住積角
3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKozumi
住積角
3 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYoshizumi
住栖積
3 shared kanji · 6 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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