group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings21 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 Kitō
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: Kitou. 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 Kitō 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 “Kitō”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
喜籐
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
喜納
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
喜藤
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
喜頭
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
嘉籐
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
嘉藤
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
奇藤
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
木島
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
木藤
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
木頭
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
犬童
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
生稲
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 21. 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 Kitō 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.
きとう
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
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.
きとう in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ぎとうGitō | 1919 source rows | unspecified 19source rows · distinct forms: unspecified 19 | 4245 source rows |
| きとうKitō | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 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 Kitō
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.
14–35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| きとう | Kitō | 3 | 21 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
12 of 21 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
生稲
10 source-recorded readings
IkīneいきいねIkuinaいくいなIkuineいくいねIkeinaいけいなIkeineいけいねOinaおいな
喜納
嘉藤
6 source-recorded readings
鬼頭
木島
5 source-recorded readings
木藤
犬童
鬼島
5 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 Kitō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 藤 | wisteria | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ぞう, と, ふじゅ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 籐 | rattan, cane | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 頭 | head, counter for large animals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | かみ, がみ, ちゃん, つむり +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 木 | tree, wood | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ぐ, も, もと | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 鬼 | ghost, devil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 嘉 | applaud, praise, esteem | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 島 | island | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 納 | settlement, obtain, reap | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | の, ろ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 奇 | strange, strangeness, curiosity | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
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
喜籐
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kitōきとう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜納
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 喜納 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
喜藤
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kitōきとう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜頭
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kitōきとう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
嘉籐
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
嘉藤
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
奇藤
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kitōきとう · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
木島
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
木藤
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
木頭
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kitōきとう · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 21. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kitō 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.
藤wisteria7 of 21 analyzed forms喜rejoice, take pleasure in4 of 21 analyzed forms籐rattan, cane3 of 21 analyzed forms頭head, counter for large animals3 of 21 analyzed forms木tree, wood3 of 21 analyzed forms鬼ghost, devil3 of 21 analyzed forms嘉applaud, praise, esteem2 of 21 analyzed forms島island2 of 21 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth2 of 21 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative2 of 21 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kitō
21 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きとう. 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.
喜籐
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
喜納
きとう · Kitō
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.
喜藤
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
喜頭
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
嘉籐
きとう · Kitō
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.
嘉藤
きとう · Kitō
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.
奇藤
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
木島
きとう · Kitō
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.
木藤
きとう · Kitō
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.
木頭
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
犬童
きとう · Kitō
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.
生稲
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
生陶
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
竒藤
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
紀籐
きとう · Kitō
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.
紀藤
きとう · Kitō
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.
貴答
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
輝東
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鬼島
きとう · Kitō
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.
鬼藤
きとう · Kitō
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鬼頭
きとう · Kitō
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.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kitō 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 喜籐 | きとう | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 籐 — rattan, cane | 33 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 喜納 | きとう | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 納 — settlement, obtain | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜藤 | きとう | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 藤 — wisteria | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜頭 | きとう | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 頭 — head, counter for large animals | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嘉籐 | きとう | 嘉 — applaud, praise · 籐 — rattan, cane | 35 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 嘉藤 | きとう | 嘉 — applaud, praise · 藤 — wisteria | 32 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奇藤 | きとう | 奇 — strange, strangeness · 藤 — wisteria | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 木島 | きとう | 木 — tree, wood · 島 — island | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 木藤 | きとう | 木 — tree, wood · 藤 — wisteria | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 木頭 | きとう | 木 — tree, wood · 頭 — head, counter for large animals | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 犬童 | きとう | 犬 — dog · 童 — juvenile, child | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 生稲 | きとう | 生 — life, genuine · 稲 — rice plant | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 生陶 | きとう | 生 — life, genuine · 陶 — pottery, porcelain | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 竒藤 | きとう | 竒 — strange, strangeness · 藤 — wisteria | 27 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 紀籐 | きとう | 紀 — chronicle, account · 籐 — rattan, cane | 30 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 紀藤 | きとう | 紀 — chronicle, account · 藤 — wisteria | 27 | 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 Kitō 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 きと
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.
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18 recorded spellings
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18 recorded spellings
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11 recorded spellings
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7 recorded spellings
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6 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceGidō
4 recorded spellings
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4 recorded spellings
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4 recorded spellings
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3 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Kitō
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
Kidō
喜木籐紀藤頭鬼
7 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipFujiki
喜木生紀藤鬼
6 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKiyama
喜嘉木生紀鬼
6 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMaki
喜木生紀鬼
5 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKatō
嘉島籐藤頭
5 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKijima
喜島木生鬼
5 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKishima
喜島木生鬼
5 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKimura
喜嘉木紀鬼
5 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKida
喜嘉木生紀
5 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKido
喜嘉木紀鬼
5 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKihara
喜木生紀鬼
5 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKinō
喜嘉木紀鬼
5 shared kanji · 5 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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