group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings47 Source spelling/reading rows47 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 Ka
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: Ka. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
1 mora in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Ka 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 “Ka”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
会田
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
伽
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
何
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
分領
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
加越
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
勝見
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
嘉
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
垣成
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
夏
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
形部
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
影浦
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
影近
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 47. 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 Ka 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.
か
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 spelling
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.
か in the imported JMnedict corpus
3 source spelling/reading rows
51 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| かKa | 33 source rows | female 1 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 1 · unspecified 2 | 5051 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 Ka
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.
4–27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| か | Ka | 1 | 47 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
43 of 47 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
何
毛塚
9 source-recorded readings
葛巻
7 source-recorded readings
会田
片田
葛井
5 source-recorded readings
角村
5 source-recorded readings
戈
4 source-recorded readings
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 Ka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 田 | rice field, rice paddy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | いなか, おか, たん, で +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 部 | section, bureau, dept | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | とり, ふ, ぺ, ま | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 影 | shadow, silhouette, phantom | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 柏 | oak, cypress | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | かい, かし | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 川 | stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | か, こ, さわ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 村 | village, town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | え, むた, ら | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 葛 | arrowroot, kudzu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | か, かず, かずら, かっ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 角 | angle, corner, square | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | い, す, すみ, ずみ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 会 | meeting, meet, party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あい, い | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 伽 | nursing, attending, entertainer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 何 | what | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | あが | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 分 | part, minute of time, segment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | いた, わけ | 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
会田
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
伽
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kaか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
何
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
分領
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kaか · this pageBunryōぶんりょう
Characters in order
Exact written form
加越
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kaか · this pageKagoshiかごし
Characters in order
Exact written form
勝見
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kaか · this pageKatsumiかつみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
嘉
Characters in order
Exact written form
垣成
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kaか · this pageKakinariかきなり
Characters in order
Exact written form
夏
Characters in order
Exact written form
形部
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 47. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Ka 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.
田rice field, rice paddy3 of 47 analyzed forms部section, bureau, dept2 of 47 analyzed forms影shadow, silhouette, phantom2 of 47 analyzed forms柏oak, cypress2 of 47 analyzed forms川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)2 of 47 analyzed forms村village, town2 of 47 analyzed forms葛arrowroot, kudzu2 of 47 analyzed forms角angle, corner, square2 of 47 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Ka
47 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading 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.
会田
か · Ka
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.
伽
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
何
か · Ka
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.
分領
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
加越
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
勝見
か · Ka
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.
嘉
か · Ka
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.
垣成
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
夏
か · Ka
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.
形部
か · Ka
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.
影浦
か · Ka
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.
影近
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
戈
か · Ka
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.
果
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
柏島
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
柏民
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
柯
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
柿本
か · Ka
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.
格川
か · Ka
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.
梶木
か · Ka
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.
樫部
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
毛塚
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
河
か · Ka
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.
活田
か · Ka
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.
潟岡
か · Ka
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.
片田
か · Ka
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.
笠尾
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
粕山
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
糟川
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
綛村
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
華
か · Ka
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.
葛井
か · Ka
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.
葛巻
か · Ka
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.
蠣
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
覚堂
か · Ka
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.
角家
か · Ka
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.
角村
か · Ka
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.
貝長
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
賀治
か · Ka
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.
賈
か · Ka
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
重昆
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鍵
か · Ka
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.
鏡内
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
門丹生
か · Ka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
陰元
か · Ka
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.
顔
か · Ka
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.
香
か · Ka
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Ka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 会田 | か | 会 — meeting, meet · 田 — rice field, rice paddy | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伽 | か | 伽 — nursing, attending | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 何 | か | 何 — what | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 分領 | か | 分 — part, minute of time · 領 — jurisdiction, dominion | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 加越 | か | 加 — add, addition · 越 — surpass, cross over | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 勝見 | か | 勝 — victory, win · 見 — see, hopes | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嘉 | か | 嘉 — applaud, praise | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 垣成 | か | 垣 — hedge, fence · 成 — turn into, become | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 夏 | か | 夏 — summer | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 形部 | か | 形 — shape, form · 部 — section, bureau | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 影浦 | か | 影 — shadow, silhouette · 浦 — bay, creek | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 影近 | か | 影 — shadow, silhouette · 近 — near, early | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 戈 | か | 戈 — halberd, arms | 4 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 果 | か | 果 — fruit, reward | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 柏島 | か | 柏 — oak, cypress · 島 — island | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 柏民 | か | 柏 — oak, cypress · 民 — people, nation | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Ka 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 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.
Surname · limited reference
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56 recorded spellings
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36 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKatō
30 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKaji
29 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKan
27 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKanō
27 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKai
25 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKano
25 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKaya
24 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKayama
23 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKagami
22 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceKaku
22 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Ka
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
Kana
川田角
3 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMarushio
川村田
3 shared kanji · 2 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipTanabe
田部
2 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipEgawa
会川
2 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKaida
会田
2 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKawanobe
川部
2 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipToda
田部
2 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipAikawa
会川
2 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKaita
会田
2 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipUda
川田
2 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSumita
田角
2 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipAida
会田
2 shared kanji · 11 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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