group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings30 Source spelling/reading rows30 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 Ogata
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: Ogata. 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 Ogata 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 “Ogata”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
大形
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
大神田
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
小形
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
小方
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
小潟
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
小瀉
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
小片
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
小県
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
小縣
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
小肩
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
小賀田
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
尾刀
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 30. 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 Ogata 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.
おがた
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.
おがた 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| おかだOkada | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 3849 source rows |
| おがたOgata | 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 Ogata
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.
7–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| おがた | Ogata | 3 | 30 |
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?
13 of 30 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
生方
18 source-recorded readings
生形
11 source-recorded readings
大神田
8 source-recorded readings
大形
小方
小形
尾形
尾方
3 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 Ogata 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 小 | little, small | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 尾 | tail, end, counter for fish | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 方 | direction, person, alternative | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | から, な, なた, ふさ +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 形 | shape, form, style | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ち | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 田 | rice field, rice paddy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | いなか, おか, たん, で +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 潟 | lagoon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | がら | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 賀 | congratulations, joy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | か, のり, よし, より | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 大 | large, big | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | うふ, お, おう, た +9 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 片 | one-sided, leaf, sheet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 県 | prefecture | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あがた, がた | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 縣 | county, district, subdivision | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | あがた, がた | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
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
大形
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
大神田
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
小形
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
小方
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
小潟
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
小瀉
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
小片
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
小県
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this pageKokenこけん
Characters in order
Exact written form
小縣
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
小肩
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ogataおがた · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 30. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Ogata 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.
小little, small9 of 30 analyzed forms尾tail, end, counter for fish8 of 30 analyzed forms方direction, person, alternative7 of 30 analyzed forms形shape, form, style6 of 30 analyzed forms田rice field, rice paddy3 of 30 analyzed forms潟lagoon3 of 30 analyzed forms賀congratulations, joy3 of 30 analyzed forms大large, big2 of 30 analyzed forms片one-sided, leaf, sheet2 of 30 analyzed forms県prefecture2 of 30 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Ogata
30 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading おがた. 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.
大形
おがた · Ogata
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.
大神田
おがた · Ogata
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.
小形
おがた · Ogata
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.
小方
おがた · Ogata
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.
小潟
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小瀉
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
小片
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小県
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小縣
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
小肩
おがた · Ogata
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小賀田
おがた · Ogata
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尾刀
おがた · Ogata
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尾刃
おがた · Ogata
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尾形
おがた · Ogata
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.
尾方
おがた · Ogata
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.
尾潟
おがた · Ogata
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尾県
おがた · Ogata
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尾縣
おがた · Ogata
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尾賀田
おがた · Ogata
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押方
おがた · Ogata
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於方
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
生形
おがた · Ogata
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.
生方
おがた · Ogata
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.
男潟
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
緒形
おがた · Ogata
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
緒方
おがた · Ogata
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
織方
おがた · Ogata
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纓片
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
象形
おがた · Ogata
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
雄賀多
おがた · Ogata
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Spelling comparator
Compare Ogata 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大形 | おがた | 大 — large, big · 形 — shape, form | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 大神田 | おがた | 大 — large, big · 神 — spirit · 田 — rice field, rice paddy | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小形 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 形 — shape, form | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小方 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 方 — direction, person | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小潟 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 潟 — lagoon | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小瀉 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 瀉 — evacuation | 21 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 小片 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 片 — one-sided, leaf | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小県 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 県 — prefecture | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小縣 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 縣 — county, district | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小肩 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 肩 — shoulder | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 小賀田 | おがた | 小 — little, small · 賀 — congratulations, joy · 田 — rice field, rice paddy | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尾刀 | おがた | 尾 — tail, end · 刀 — sword, saber | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尾刃 | おがた | 尾 — tail, end · 刃 — blade, sword | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尾形 | おがた | 尾 — tail, end · 形 — shape, form | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尾方 | おがた | 尾 — tail, end · 方 — direction, person | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 尾潟 | おがた | 尾 — tail, end · 潟 — lagoon | 22 | 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 Ogata 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 おが
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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15 recorded spellings
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13 recorded spellings
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11 recorded spellings
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11 recorded spellings
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10 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOga
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOkazaki
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOgaya
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOkada
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOkamoto
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceOgami
7 recorded spellings
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7 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Ogata
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
Magata
形方潟片田県賀
7 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipOkata
大小尾形方片田
7 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipAgata
形方片田県賀
6 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKatano
形方潟片田賀
6 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKa
尾形潟片田賀
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipŌkata
大形方潟片田
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMekata
形方片田賀
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipIgata
形方潟田賀
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMasukata
形方潟県賀
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKatagami
形方潟片賀
5 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKataoka
形方潟片田
5 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSagata
形方潟田賀
5 shared kanji · 6 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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