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Canonical reference record
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Japanese surname

Tōki

唐木

Surname-classified records in JMnedict.

とうきトウキTōki
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Reference coverage

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.

Distinct recorded spellings15

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows15

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Tōki

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とうき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formトウキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTōki

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

Mora segmentationと · う · き

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Tōki 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 “Tōki”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

唐木

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

当喜

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.

Kanji spelling

当岐

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.

Kanji spelling

当木

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

東儀

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

東城

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

東帰

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

東木

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

東鬼

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

當喜

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.

Kanji spelling

登記

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.

Kanji spelling

礒木

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

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 15. 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 Tōki 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

とうき

Kanji-based spellings15

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 forms15

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 asNo additional class found

とうき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
どうきDōki1111 source rowsfemale 2 · unspecified 9source rows · distinct forms: female 2 · unspecified 92122 source rows
とうきTōki00 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 Tōki

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 data15

10–27 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms13

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

6 of 15 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 checked15

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings6

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading9

within this active surname corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

東城
5 source-recorded readings
Tōkiとうき · this pageTōjōとうじょうTōjōとおじょうHigashigiひがしぎHigashishiroひがししろ
東木
3 source-recorded readings
Tōkiとうき · this pageTōbokuとうぼくHigashikiひがしき
東儀
2 source-recorded readings
TōgiとうぎTōkiとうき · this page
陶器
2 source-recorded readings
SueすえTōkiとうき · this page

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 Tōki 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
東east550008あい, あがり, あずま, あづま +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
木tree, wood404004ぐ, も, もとJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
当hit, right, appropriate330006たいJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
喜rejoice, take pleasure in2020012あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
鬼ghost, devil2020010—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
唐T'ang, China, foreign1100010かろ, たんJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
岐branch off, fork in road, scene101007たかし, またJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
儀ceremony, rule, affair1010015のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
城castle101009いく, がき, き, くに +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
帰homecoming, arrive at, lead to1010010—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
當bear, accept, undertake1100013とUnclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
登ascend, climb up1100012たか, のぼし, のぼり, のりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

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.

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KatsuragiかつらぎKaragiからぎKarakiからきTōkiとうき · this pageTōnokiとうのきTōnokiとおのき
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

The exact sequence 唐木 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 15. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Tōki 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 Tōki

15 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading とうき. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Tōki 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
唐木とうき唐 — T'ang, China · 木 — tree, wood14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
当喜とうき当 — hit, right · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
当岐とうき当 — hit, right · 岐 — branch off, fork in road13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
当木とうき当 — hit, right · 木 — tree, wood10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
東儀とうき東 — east · 儀 — ceremony, rule23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
東城とうき東 — east · 城 — castle17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
東帰とうき東 — east · 帰 — homecoming, arrive at18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
東木とうき東 — east · 木 — tree, wood12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
東鬼とうき東 — east · 鬼 — ghost, devil18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
當喜とうき當 — bear, accept · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in25Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
登記とうき登 — ascend, climb up · 記 — scribe, account22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
礒木とうき礒 — rock, beach · 木 — tree, wood22Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
闘牙とうき闘 — fight, war · 牙 — tusk, fang23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
陶器とうき陶 — pottery, porcelain · 器27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
頭鬼とうき頭 — head, counter for large animals · 鬼 — ghost, devil26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Tōki 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 とう

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other surnames sharing kanji with Tōki

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.

Continue research

Where to go next from Tōki

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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