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Browse Japanese names by kanji theme

Choose a character-level meaning theme, then inspect the matching kanji and source-recorded names that contain them. These collections do not assign one definitive English meaning to every full name.

Character-gloss theme

Moon

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “moon.”

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Sun

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “sun.”

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Snow

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “snow.”

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Love

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “love.”

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Hope

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “hope.”

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Light

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “light.”

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Flower

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “flower.”

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Sea

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “sea.”

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Ocean

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “ocean.”

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Sky

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “sky.”

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Star

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “star.”

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Spring

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “spring.”

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Autumn

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “autumn.”

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Beauty

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “beauty.”

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Peace

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “peace.”

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Wisdom

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “wisdom.”

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Strength

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “strength.”

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Heart

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “heart.”

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Dream

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “dream.”

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Fire

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “fire.”

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Water

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “water.”

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Tree

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “tree.”

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Mountain

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “mountain.”

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River

Find recorded names containing kanji whose English dictionary glosses include “river.”

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Source boundary

Theme pages match words inside KANJIDIC2 English character glosses, then find imported JMnedict name records containing those characters. The match is a discovery relationship, not proof of an individual bearer’s intended name meaning.

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