group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings10 Source spelling/reading rows10 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 Nakamura
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: Nakamura. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Nakamura 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 “Nakamura”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
中村
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
中邑
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
中邨
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
仲村
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
仲邑
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
仲邨
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
名嘉
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
名嘉村
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
永村
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
菜香邑
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
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 Nakamura 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.
なかむら
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
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.
なかむら in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
13 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| なかむらNakamura | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 1213 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 Nakamura
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.
11–27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| なかむら | Nakamura | 4 | 10 |
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?
4 of 10 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
中村
8 source-recorded readings
名嘉
永村
4 source-recorded readings
仲村
2 source-recorded readings
Nakamuraなかむら · this pageBasutosuばすとす
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 Nakamura 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 村 | village, town | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | え, むた, ら | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 中 | in, inside, middle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | あたる, かなえ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 邑 | village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | お, おう, おお, くに +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 仲 | go-between, relationship | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ちゅん, つづき, なかつ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 邨 | village, hamlet, rustic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 名 | name, noted, distinguished | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 嘉 | applaud, praise, esteem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 永 | eternity, long, lengthy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | え, と, のり, ひさ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | 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.
Exact written form
中村
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
OkamuraおかむらKanakamuraかなかむらNakanuなかぬNakanuraなかぬらNakamufuなかむふNakamuraなかむら · this pageNanakamuraななかむらYonejiよねじ
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 中村 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
中邑
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
中邨
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
仲村
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this pageBasutosuばすとす
Characters in order
Exact written form
仲邑
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
仲邨
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
名嘉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
名嘉村
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
永村
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
菜香邑
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakamuraなかむら · this page
Characters in order
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Nakamura 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.
村village, town4 of 10 analyzed forms中in, inside, middle3 of 10 analyzed forms邑village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163)3 of 10 analyzed forms仲go-between, relationship3 of 10 analyzed forms邨village, hamlet, rustic2 of 10 analyzed forms名name, noted, distinguished2 of 10 analyzed forms嘉applaud, praise, esteem2 of 10 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Nakamura
10 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading なかむら. 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.
中村
なかむら · Nakamura
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.
中邑
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
中邨
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
仲村
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
仲邑
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
仲邨
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
名嘉
なかむら · Nakamura
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.
名嘉村
なかむら · Nakamura
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
永村
なかむら · Nakamura
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.
菜香邑
なかむら · Nakamura
菜vegetable, side dish, greens香incense, smell, perfume邑village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163)
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Nakamura 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 中村 | なかむら | 中 — in, inside · 村 — village, town | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 中邑 | なかむら | 中 — in, inside · 邑 — village, rural community | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 中邨 | なかむら | 中 — in, inside · 邨 — village, hamlet | 11 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 仲村 | なかむら | 仲 — go-between, relationship · 村 — village, town | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仲邑 | なかむら | 仲 — go-between, relationship · 邑 — village, rural community | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仲邨 | なかむら | 仲 — go-between, relationship · 邨 — village, hamlet | 13 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 名嘉 | なかむら | 名 — name, noted · 嘉 — applaud, praise | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 名嘉村 | なかむら | 名 — name, noted · 嘉 — applaud, praise · 村 — village, town | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 永村 | なかむら | 永 — eternity, long · 村 — village, town | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 菜香邑 | なかむら | 菜 — vegetable, side dish · 香 — incense, smell · 邑 — village, rural community | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Nakamura 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
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Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Nakamura
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
Muranaka
中仲嘉村邑邨
6 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNaka
中仲名嘉香
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKimura
嘉村邑邨
4 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNakama
中仲名嘉
4 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYoshimura
嘉村邑邨
4 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKōmura
村邑邨香
4 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNakano
中仲名香
4 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipEmura
村永邑邨
4 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNakata
中仲名永
4 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNakamoto
中仲名嘉
4 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipOkamura
中村邑邨
4 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNakaza
中仲名嘉
4 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
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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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