Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese surname

Isakawa

伊佐川

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

いさかわイサカワIsakawa

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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 Isakawa

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いさかわ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイサカワ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationIsakawa

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

Mora segmentationい · さ · か · わ

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Isakawa 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 “Isakawa”, 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

伊佐川

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

伊Italy, that one佐assistant, help川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kanji spelling

去来川

Characters and loaded glosses

去gone, past, quit来come, due, next川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kanji spelling

率川

Characters and loaded glosses

率ratio, rate, proportion川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kanji spelling

諌川

Characters and loaded glosses

諌admonish, dissuade川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kanji spelling

諫川

Characters and loaded glosses

諫admonish, dissuade川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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 Isakawa 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

いさかわ

Kanji-based spellings5

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

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

2-kanji forms3

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 asSurname

いさかわ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms10

14 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
いさかわIsakawa	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	1014 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 Isakawa

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

14–19 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms3

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
いさかわ	Isakawa	4	5

Recurring first-position kanji

伊Italy, that one1 form 去gone, past1 form 率ratio, rate1 form 諌admonish, dissuade1 form 諫admonish, dissuade1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

川stream, river5 forms

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 set4

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

去来川

4 source-recorded readings

IsagawaいさがわIsakawaいさかわ · this pageIsokawaいそかわKisagawaきさがわ

伊佐川

2 source-recorded readings

IsagawaいさがわIsakawaいさかわ · this page

率川

2 source-recorded readings

IsagawaいさがわIsakawaいさかわ · this page

諫川

2 source-recorded readings

IsagawaいさがわIsakawaいさかわ · 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 Isakawa 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
川	stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)	5	0	5	0	3	か, こ, さわ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
伊	Italy, that one	1	1	0	0	6	これ, ただ, よし, いと +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
佐	assistant, help	1	0	0	1	7	すけ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
去	gone, past, quit	1	1	0	0	5	い	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
来	come, due, next	1	0	0	1	7	くり, くる, ごろ, さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
率	ratio, rate, proportion	1	1	0	0	11	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
諌	admonish, dissuade	1	1	0	0	15	—	Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
諫	admonish, dissuade	1	1	0	0	16	—	Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field

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諫川

いさかわ · Isakawa

Katakana イサカワMorae 4Strokes 19

諫admonish, dissuade 川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification

Same writing, other recorded reading

Isagawaいさがわ

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

Search this exact writing Exact two-kanji context

Spelling comparator

Compare Isakawa 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
伊佐川	いさかわ	伊 — Italy, that one · 佐 — assistant, help · 川 — stream, river	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
去来川	いさかわ	去 — gone, past · 来 — come, due · 川 — stream, river	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
率川	いさかわ	率 — ratio, rate · 川 — stream, river	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
諌川	いさかわ	諌 — admonish, dissuade · 川 — stream, river	18	Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
諫川	いさかわ	諫 — admonish, dissuade · 川 — stream, river	19	Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class

6 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other surnames sharing kanji with Isakawa

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

Isagawa

伊佐去川来率諫

7 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isami

伊佐諌諫

4 shared kanji · 4 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isayama

伊佐諌諫

4 shared kanji · 3 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isahaya

伊佐諌諫

4 shared kanji · 3 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isokawa

去川来

3 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings

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Isahara

佐諌諫

3 shared kanji · 3 matching source-recorded spellings

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Saikawa

佐川

2 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Ikawa

伊川

2 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Sagawa

佐川

2 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kawai

伊川

2 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Igawa

伊川

2 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Surname relationship

Isa

伊佐

2 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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川 — stream, river

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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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