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Canonical reference record
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Japanese surname

Ikari

一光

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

いかりイカリIkari
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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 spellings14

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows14

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Ikari

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いかり

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイカリ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationIkari

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

Mora segmentationい · か · り

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

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

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

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

一光

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

五十里

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

井刈

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

井狩

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.

Kanji spelling

井苅

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

伊狩

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

伊苅

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

怒

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

猪刈

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

猪狩

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

碇

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 14. 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 Ikari 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

いかり

Kanji-based spellings14

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

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms8

recorded spellings

3-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

いかり in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms8

8 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms17

24 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 8

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
いかりIkari88 source rowsfemale 8source rows · distinct forms: female 81724 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 Ikari

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 data14

7–22 strokes observed span

Median total strokes13

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms10

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms4

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

8 of 14 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 checked14

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings8

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading6

within this active surname corpus

Largest reading set9

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

五十里
9 source-recorded readings
IgasatoいがさとIgariいがりIkariいかり · this pageIsatoいさとIsozatoいそざとIsoriいそり
猪狩
8 source-recorded readings
IgaiいがいIgariいがりIkariいかり · this pageIkaruいかるInagariいながりInogariいのがり
井狩
3 source-recorded readings
IgariいがりIkariいかり · this pageInokariいのかり
井苅
2 source-recorded readings
IgariいがりIkariいかり · this page
伊狩
2 source-recorded readings
IgariいがりIkariいかり · this page
錠
2 source-recorded readings
Ikariいかり · this pageJōじょう
錨
2 source-recorded readings
IgariいがりIkariいかり · 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 Ikari 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
井well, well crib, town330004いの, さい, ひJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
狩hunt, raid, gather303009かりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
伊Italy, that one330006これ, ただ, よし, いと +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
刈reap, cut, clip202004かっ, かりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
苅cutting (grass)202007かり, かる, かんUnclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
猪pig2200013—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
一one, one radical (no.1)110001かず, い, いっ, いる +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
光ray, light101006あき, あきら, こお, てる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
五five110004い, さ, さつ, ち +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
十ten100102い, か, ぎ, さ +8Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
里ri, village, parent's home101007さJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
加add, addition, increase100105—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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 14. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Ikari 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.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Ikari

14 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いかり. 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.

碇

いかり · Ikari

Katakana イカリMorae 3Strokes 13
Same writing, other recorded readings

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

錨

いかり · Ikari

Katakana イカリMorae 3Strokes 16
Same writing, other recorded reading

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

Spelling comparator

Compare Ikari 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
一光いかり一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 光 — ray, light7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五十里いかり五 — five · 十 — ten · 里 — ri, village13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
井刈いかり井 — well, well crib · 刈 — reap, cut8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
井狩いかり井 — well, well crib · 狩 — hunt, raid13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
井苅いかり井 — well, well crib · 苅 — cutting (grass)11Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
伊加利いかり伊 — Italy, that one · 加 — add, addition · 利 — profit, advantage18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊狩いかり伊 — Italy, that one · 狩 — hunt, raid15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊苅いかり伊 — Italy, that one · 苅 — cutting (grass)13Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
怒いかり怒 — angry, be offended9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
猪刈いかり猪 — pig · 刈 — reap, cut17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
猪狩いかり猪 — pig · 狩 — hunt, raid22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
碇いかり碇 — anchor, grapnel13Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
錠いかり錠 — lock, fetters16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
錨いかり錨 — anchor, grapnel16Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class

What does Ikari 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 いか

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other surnames sharing kanji with Ikari

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.

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Where to go next from Ikari

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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