group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings21 Source spelling/reading rows21 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 Yoshiki
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: Yoshiki. 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 Yoshiki 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 “Yoshiki”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kanji spelling
仁木
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
吉喜
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
吉城
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
吉岐
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
吉敷
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
吉木
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
吉樹
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
吉機
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
吉祇
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
吉織
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
吉舗
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
吉規
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 21. 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 Yoshiki 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.
よしき
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded 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.
よしき in the imported JMnedict corpus
117 source spelling/reading rows
23 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしきYoshiki | 116117 source rows | male 12 · female 23 · unspecified 82source rows · distinct forms: male 12 · female 23 · unspecified 82 | 2223 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 Yoshiki
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.
8–25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| よしき | Yoshiki | 3 | 21 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
7 of 21 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
仁木
由木
吉敷
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshikiよしき · this pageYoshishikiよししき
吉木
2 source-recorded readings
YoshigiよしぎYoshikiよしき · this page
吉舗
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshikiよしき · this pageYoshishikiよししき
吉規
2 source-recorded readings
Yoshikiよしき · this pageYoshitsukiよしつき
恵喜
2 source-recorded readings
KeikiけいきYoshikiよしき · 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 Yoshiki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吉 | good luck, joy, congratulations | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | え, き, きっ, きる +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 木 | tree, wood | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ぐ, も, もと | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 城 | castle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | いく, がき, き, くに +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 樹 | timber, trees, wood | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 好 | fond, pleasing, like something | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | こ, たか, とし, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 芳 | perfume, balmy, favorable | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | お, かおる, は, ほ +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 仁 | humanity, virtue, benevolence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | きみ, く, さと, しのぶ +10 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 岐 | branch off, fork in road, scene | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | たかし, また | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 敷 | spread, pave, sit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | しき, にゅう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 機 | loom, mechanism, machine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 祇 | national or local god, peaceful, great | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
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
仁木
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉喜
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉城
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉岐
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉敷
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this pageYoshishikiよししき
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉木
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
YoshigiよしぎYoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉樹
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉機
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉祇
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吉織
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yoshikiよしき · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 21. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Yoshiki 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.
吉good luck, joy, congratulations12 of 21 analyzed forms木tree, wood6 of 21 analyzed forms喜rejoice, take pleasure in3 of 21 analyzed forms城castle2 of 21 analyzed forms樹timber, trees, wood2 of 21 analyzed forms好fond, pleasing, like something2 of 21 analyzed forms芳perfume, balmy, favorable2 of 21 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Yoshiki
21 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしき. 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.
仁木
よしき · Yoshiki
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.
吉喜
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉城
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉岐
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉敷
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉木
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉樹
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉機
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉祇
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉織
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉舗
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉規
よしき · Yoshiki
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吉識
よしき · Yoshiki
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好城
よしき · Yoshiki
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好木
よしき · Yoshiki
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宜喜
よしき · Yoshiki
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恵喜
よしき · Yoshiki
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
由木
よしき · Yoshiki
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported surname corpus.
義木
よしき · Yoshiki
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芳木
よしき · Yoshiki
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芳樹
よしき · Yoshiki
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Spelling comparator
Compare Yoshiki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 仁木 | よしき | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 木 — tree, wood | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉喜 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉城 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 城 — castle | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉岐 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 岐 — branch off, fork in road | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉敷 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 敷 — spread, pave | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉木 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 木 — tree, wood | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉樹 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 樹 — timber, trees | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉機 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 機 — loom, mechanism | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉祇 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 祇 — national or local god, peaceful | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉織 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 織 — weave, fabric | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉舗 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 舗 — shop, store | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉規 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 規 — standard, measure | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉識 | よしき | 吉 — good luck, joy · 識 — discriminating, know | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 好城 | よしき | 好 — fond, pleasing · 城 — castle | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 好木 | よしき | 好 — fond, pleasing · 木 — tree, wood | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 宜喜 | よしき | 宜 — best regards, good · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in | 20 | 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 Yoshiki 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 よし
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
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27 recorded spellings
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25 recorded spellings
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22 recorded spellings
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22 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshinaga
20 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshino
19 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshikawa
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshimura
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshitake
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshi
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshiba
16 recorded spellings
Explore →Surname · limited referenceYoshiyama
15 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other surnames sharing kanji with Yoshiki
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
Miki
喜城好岐木樹
6 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYoshī
仁吉喜好木芳
6 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipShiki
喜城岐敷木樹
6 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSaiki
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipSuzuki
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 25 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipMasaki
仁喜城木樹
5 shared kanji · 16 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipYuki
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 12 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKimura
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipŌki
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 10 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipAki
吉喜岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipKida
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Surname relationshipNagaki
喜城岐木樹
5 shared kanji · 8 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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