group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings18 Source spelling/reading rows18 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 Saki
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: Saki. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Saki 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 “Saki”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
さゝき
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
Characters and loaded glosses
さKana characterゝKana characterきKana character
Kanji spelling
佐喜
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
佐岐
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
佐木
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
先
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
先規
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
前
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
崎
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
嵜
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
左木
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
左貴
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
柴
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 18. 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 Saki 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.
さき · さゝき
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
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.
さき in the imported JMnedict corpus
207 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さゝきSaki | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 11 source row |
| さきSaki | 205207 source rows | female 203 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 201 · unspecified 4 | 00 source rows |
| さぎSagi | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 2021 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.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Saki records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| さゝき | さゝき | Sasaki |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
17 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Saki
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.
6–29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さき | Saki | 2 | 17 |
| さゝき | Saki | 3 | 1 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
10 of 18 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
前
酒寄
8 source-recorded readings
柴
7 source-recorded readings
先
6 source-recorded readings
茶木
讃岐
嵜
4 source-recorded readings
柴崎
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 Saki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 佐 | assistant, help | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 木 | tree, wood | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ぐ, も, もと | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 岐 | branch off, fork in road, scene | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たかし, また | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 先 | before, ahead, previous | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ぽん | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 崎 | promontory, cape, spit | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 左 | left | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | そ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 柴 | brush, firewood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 規 | standard, measure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | すのり, ただし, のり, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 前 | in front, before | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | さき, さと, まい | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 嵜 | steep, promontory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field |
| 貴 | precious, value, prize | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
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
さゝき
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさゝき · this page
Characters in order
さKanaゝKanaきKana
Exact written form
佐喜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさき · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 佐喜 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
佐岐
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさき · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 佐岐 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
佐木
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさき · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 佐木 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
先
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
先規
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
前
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
崎
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
嵜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
左木
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakiさき · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 18. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Saki 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.
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Saki
17 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さき. 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.
さゝき
さゝき · Saki
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
佐喜
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐岐
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐木
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
先
さき · Saki
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.
先規
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
前
さき · Saki
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.
崎
さき · Saki
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.
嵜
さき · Saki
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.
左木
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
左貴
さき · Saki
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
柴
さき · Saki
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.
柴崎
さき · Saki
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.
楸
さき · Saki
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
茶木
さき · Saki
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.
讃岐
さき · Saki
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.
象
さき · Saki
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.
酒寄
さき · Saki
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 Saki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| さゝき | さゝき | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 佐喜 | さき | 佐 — assistant, help · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐岐 | さき | 佐 — assistant, help · 岐 — branch off, fork in road | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐木 | さき | 佐 — assistant, help · 木 — tree, wood | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 先 | さき | 先 — before, ahead | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 先規 | さき | 先 — before, ahead · 規 — standard, measure | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 前 | さき | 前 — in front, before | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 崎 | さき | 崎 — promontory, cape | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 嵜 | さき | 嵜 — steep, promontory | 12 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 左木 | さき | 左 — left · 木 — tree, wood | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 左貴 | さき | 左 — left · 貴 — precious, value | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 柴 | さき | 柴 — brush, firewood | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 柴崎 | さき | 柴 — brush, firewood · 崎 — promontory, cape | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 楸 | さき | 楸 — Japanese catalpa | 13 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 茶木 | さき | 茶 — tea · 木 — tree, wood | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 讃岐 | さき | 讃 — praise, title on a picture · 岐 — branch off, fork in road | 29 | 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 Saki 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 さき
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
Sakiyama
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakima
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakisaka
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakihama
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakimoto
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakino
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakikawa
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSagisaka
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakibe
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakihara
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakimura
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceSakita
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Saki
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
Kisaki
佐先喜岐崎左木
7 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMasaki
佐先前喜崎木
6 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSakiyama
佐先前崎左木
6 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSaiki
佐喜岐左木
5 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMisaki
佐先前崎木
5 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipIsaki
佐先岐崎木
5 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSakimoto
佐先前喜崎
5 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSasaki
佐崎左木
4 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKizaki
先前崎木
4 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYoshiki
喜岐木規
4 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipTosaki
佐前崎木
4 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipOsaki
先前岐崎
4 shared kanji · 9 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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