Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese surname

Shingo

新吾

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

しんごシンゴShingo

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Reference coverage

Standard source depth

This reading group has enough source-recorded spelling and record depth for the main reference library. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings4

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows4

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelStandard

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shingo

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingしんご

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formシンゴ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShingo

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Shingo. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationし · ん · ご

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 Shingo 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 “Shingo”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings4

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

新吾

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

新new吾I, my, our

Kanji spelling

新郷

Characters and loaded glosses

新new郷home town, village, native place

Kanji spelling

眞後

Characters and loaded glosses

眞truth, reality, Buddhist sect後behind, back, later

Kanji spelling

真後

Characters and loaded glosses

真true, reality, Buddhist sect後behind, back, later

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 Shingo 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.

Recorded kana readings1

しんご

Kanji-based spellings4

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

2-kanji forms4

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.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

しんご in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms86

90 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · female 40 · unspecified 48

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
しんごShingo	8690 source rows	male 2 · female 40 · unspecified 48source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · female 36 · unspecified 48	00 source rows
じんこJinko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	1618 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 Shingo

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.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data4

19–24 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms4

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
しんご	Shingo	3	4

Recurring first-position kanji

新new2 forms 眞truth, reality1 form 真true, reality1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

後behind, back2 forms 吾I, my1 form 郷home town, village1 form

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

1 of 4 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.

Written forms checked4

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings1

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading3

within this active surname corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

新郷

6 source-recorded readings

Shingoしんご · this pageShingōしんごうShinzatoしんざとNīgōにいごうNīsatoにいさとNīzatoにいざと

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 Shingo 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
新	new	2	2	0	13	あせ, あたらし, し, に +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
後	behind, back, later	2	0	2	9	こし, し, しい, しり	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
吾	I, my, our	1	0	1	7	あ, あが	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
郷	home town, village, native place	1	0	1	11	くに	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
眞	truth, reality, Buddhist sect	1	1	0	10	さな, ち, まこ, まさ +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	1	1	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

新new2 of 4 analyzed forms 後behind, back, later2 of 4 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shingo

4 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しんご. 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.

新吾

しんご · Shingo

Katakana シンゴMorae 3Strokes 20

新new 吾I, my, our, one's own

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新郷

しんご · Shingo

Katakana シンゴMorae 3Strokes 24

新new 郷home town, village, native place, district

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded reading

Shingōしんごう

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.

Search this exact writing Exact two-kanji context

眞後

しんご · Shingo

Katakana シンゴMorae 3Strokes 19

眞truth, reality, Buddhist sect 後behind, back, later

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Search this exact writing Exact two-kanji context

真後

しんご · Shingo

Katakana シンゴMorae 3Strokes 19

真true, reality, Buddhist sect 後behind, back, later

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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Spelling comparator

Compare Shingo 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
新吾	しんご	新 — new · 吾 — I, my	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
新郷	しんご	新 — new · 郷 — home town, village	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
眞後	しんご	眞 — truth, reality · 後 — behind, back	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
真後	しんご	真 — true, reality · 後 — behind, back	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Shingo 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.

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Shared-kanji relationships

新眞真

3 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Shingo

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Exact reading

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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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