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Japanese given name

Fujio

ふじを

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

ふじおフジオFujio
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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 spellings49

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows49

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Fujio

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ふじお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formフジオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationFujio

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

Mora segmentationふ · じ · お

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.

Reading profile

How Fujio 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 readings2

ふじお · ふじを

Kanji-based spellings48

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms6

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms41

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 + surname

ふじお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms49

50 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms7

7 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 5 · female 1 · unspecified 44

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ふじおFujio4950 source rowsmale 5 · female 1 · unspecified 44source rows · distinct forms: male 5 · female 1 · unspecified 4377 source rows
ふじをFujio11 source rowunspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: unspecified 100 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 Fujio

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 data48

5–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms47

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
富士7 analyzed forms不二6 analyzed forms二男5 analyzed forms二夫4 analyzed forms二士4 analyzed forms士男4 analyzed forms

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.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

7 of 49 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.

Written forms checked49

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings7

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading42

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

不二夫
2 source-recorded readings
Fujioふじお · this pageFushioふしお
富士保
2 source-recorded readings
Fujioふじお · this pageFujihoふじほ
富志郎
2 source-recorded readings
TomishirōとみしろうFujioふじお · this page

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.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Fujio 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
two, two radical (no. 7)17401302おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
gentleman, scholar, samurai16001603お, まJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
male14014007Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
wealth, enrich, abundant131300012と, とん, ふっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
husband, man12012004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
negative, non-, bad990004Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
masculine, male, hero8080012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
enrich, wealthy, abundant8800011Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
wisteria6600018ぞう, と, ふじゅJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
life, genuine, birth505005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
son, counter for sons404009いら, お, とう, もん +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
reign, be at peace, calm down400408し, ぢ, はり, はる +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

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

ふじを

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fujioふじを · this page
Characters in order
KanaKanaKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 49. 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.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Fujio 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 Fujio

48 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ふじお. 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.

ふじを

ふじを · Fujio

Katakana フジヲMorae 3Strokes

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Spelling comparator

Compare Fujio 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
ふじをふじをKana-only spellingKana spelling
ふじ央ふじお央 — center, middle5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二夫ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 夫 — husband, man10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二生ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 生 — life, genuine11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二男ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 男 — male13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二緒ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 緒 — thong, beginning20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二郎ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 郎 — son, counter for sons15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不二雄ふじお不 — negative, non- · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 雄 — masculine, male18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不志夫ふじお不 — negative, non- · 志 — intention, plan · 夫 — husband, man15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不次男ふじお不 — negative, non- · 次 — next, order · 男 — male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不死男ふじお不 — negative, non- · 死 — death, die · 男 — male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二士夫ふじお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 士 — gentleman, scholar · 夫 — husband, man9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二士生ふじお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 士 — gentleman, scholar · 生 — life, genuine10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二士男ふじお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 士 — gentleman, scholar · 男 — male12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二士雄ふじお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 士 — gentleman, scholar · 雄 — masculine, male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
冨二男ふじお冨 — enrich, wealthy · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 男 — male20All 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 Fujio 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 names beginning with ふじ

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.

Continue research

Where to go next from Fujio

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.

JMnedictChecked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 16 Sep 2026Stored status: downloaded
KANJIDIC2Checked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 17 Sep 2026
Japan Ministry of Justice — characters usable in children’s namesChecked 17 Sep 2026
Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs — Romanization Rules (2025)Checked 17 Sep 2026
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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