group-level written forms
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
How to read Akina
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: Akina. 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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How Akina 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.
あきな
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
recorded spellings
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.
あきな in the imported JMnedict corpus
287 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| あきなAkina | 287287 source rows | female 287source rows · distinct forms: female 287 | 11 source row |
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.
Corpus structure behind Akina
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.
8–39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| あきな | Akina | 3 | 287 |
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Can the same writing be read another way?
2 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name 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 given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.
How recurring characters function across Akina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 86 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 67 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 名 | name, noted, distinguished | 58 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6 | と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 那 | what? | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 明 | bright, light | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 安 | relax, cheap, low | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あ, あす, あず, あっ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 阿 | Africa, flatter, fawn upon | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ほとり, あず, あわ, おか +2 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 亜 | Asia, rank next, come after | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | や, つぎ, つぐ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 希 | hope, beg, request | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | のぞ, のぞみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 樹 | timber, trees, wood | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
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.
あきな
あき奈
あき菜
亜伎奈
亜喜名
亜喜奈
亜喜菜
亜喜那
亜基名
亜奈
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 287. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
For VPS safety, contiguous-sequence lookups are limited to six 2–4 kanji forms per canonical page and cached for 12 hours per active JMnedict generation.
Kanji recurring across Akina 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.
Explore written forms of Akina
287 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あきな. 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.
あきな
あきな · Akina
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
あき奈
あきな · Akina
あき菜
あきな · Akina
亜伎奈
あきな · Akina
亜喜名
あきな · Akina
亜喜奈
あきな · Akina
亜喜菜
あきな · Akina
亜喜那
あきな · Akina
亜基名
あきな · Akina
亜奈
あきな · Akina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
亜妃奈
あきな · Akina
亜妃那
あきな · Akina
亜季奈
あきな · Akina
亜岐奈
あきな · Akina
亜岐菜
あきな · Akina
亜希名
あきな · Akina
亜希奈
あきな · Akina
亜希菜
あきな · Akina
亜木名
あきな · Akina
亜樹名
あきな · Akina
亜樹奈
あきな · Akina
亜樹菜
あきな · Akina
亜紀名
あきな · Akina
亜紀奈
あきな · Akina
亜紀波
あきな · Akina
亜紀菜
あきな · Akina
亜芸名
あきな · Akina
亜芸奈
あきな · Akina
亜芸菜
あきな · Akina
亜芸那
あきな · Akina
亜記名
あきな · Akina
亜貴名
あきな · Akina
亜貴菜
あきな · Akina
亜輝奈
あきな · Akina
亨奈
あきな · Akina
亮名
あきな · Akina
亮奈
あきな · Akina
亮菜
あきな · Akina
亮那
あきな · Akina
光菜
あきな · Akina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
唱那
あきな · Akina
安伎奈
あきな · Akina
安喜名
あきな · Akina
安喜奈
あきな · Akina
安喜菜
あきな · Akina
安喜那
あきな · Akina
安基名
あきな · Akina
安基奈
あきな · Akina
安基菜
あきな · Akina
安基那
あきな · Akina
安季奈
あきな · Akina
安希名
あきな · Akina
安希奈
あきな · Akina
安希菜
あきな · Akina
安希那
あきな · Akina
安旗奈
あきな · Akina
安暉名
あきな · Akina
安樹名
あきな · Akina
安樹奈
あきな · Akina
安樹菜
あきな · Akina
安樹那
あきな · Akina
安紀名
あきな · Akina
安紀奈
あきな · Akina
安紀菜
あきな · Akina
安紀那
あきな · Akina
安絹菜
あきな · Akina
安綺菜
あきな · Akina
安芸名
あきな · Akina
安芸奈
あきな · Akina
安芸菜
あきな · Akina
安芸那
あきな · Akina
安記名
あきな · Akina
安記奈
あきな · Akina
安記菜
あきな · Akina
安記那
あきな · Akina
安貴名
あきな · Akina
安貴奈
あきな · Akina
安貴菜
あきな · Akina
安貴那
あきな · Akina
安輝奈
あきな · Akina
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 287 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 287 distinct written spellings.
Compare Akina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| あきな | あきな | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| あき奈 | あきな | 奈 — Nara, what? | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| あき菜 | あきな | 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜伎奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 伎 — deed, skill · 奈 — Nara, what? | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜喜名 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 名 — name, noted | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜喜奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 奈 — Nara, what? | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜喜菜 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜喜那 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 那 — what? | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜基名 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 基 — fundamentals, radical (chem) · 名 — name, noted | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 奈 — Nara, what? | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜妃奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 妃 — queen, princess · 奈 — Nara, what? | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜妃那 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 妃 — queen, princess · 那 — what? | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜季奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 季 — seasons · 奈 — Nara, what? | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜岐奈 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 岐 — branch off, fork in road · 奈 — Nara, what? | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜岐菜 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 岐 — branch off, fork in road · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜希名 | あきな | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 希 — hope, beg · 名 — name, noted | 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 Akina 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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