Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Inako

いなこ

Female-classified given-name records.

いなこイナコInako

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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 spellings42

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows43

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Inako

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いなこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイナコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationInako

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

Mora segmentationい · な · こ

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

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Reading profile

How Inako 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

いなこ · イナこ

Kanji-based spellings42

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 forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms39

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 asSurname

いなこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
いなこInako	4243 source rows	female 43source rows · distinct forms: female 42	00 source rows
いなこInako	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	12 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 Inako

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 data42

3–28 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms42

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
いなこ	Inako	3	43

Recurring first-position kanji

伊Italy, that one7 forms 委committee, entrust to6 forms 以by means of, because5 forms 惟consider, reflect5 forms 意idea, mind5 forms 維fiber, tie5 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat42 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

奈子8 analyzed forms 南子7 analyzed forms 名子7 analyzed forms 菜子7 analyzed forms 那子7 analyzed forms 和子2 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?

3 of 43 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 checked43

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading39

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

稲子

3 source-recorded readings

Inakoいなこ · this pageInekoいねこ Tōkoとうこ

伊和子

2 source-recorded readings

Inakoいなこ · this pageIwakoいわこ

委和子

2 source-recorded readings

Inakoいなこ · this pageIwakoいわこ

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 Inako 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	42	0	42	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
奈	Nara, what?	8	0	0	8	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
南	south	7	0	0	7	9	なみ, は, みな, みまみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
名	name, noted, distinguished	7	0	0	7	6	と	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	7	0	0	7	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
那	what?	7	0	0	7	7	とも, やす	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
伊	Italy, that one	7	7	0	0	6	これ, ただ, よし, いと +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
委	committee, entrust to, leave to	6	6	0	0	8	まかせ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
以	by means of, because, in view of	5	5	0	0	5	もち	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
惟	consider, reflect, think	5	5	0	0	11	ただ, よし, のぶ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
意	idea, mind, heart	5	5	0	0	13	もと, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
維	fiber, tie, rope	5	5	0	0	14	これ, たもつ, つぐ, ゆい +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Inakoいなこ · this page

Characters in order

伊Italy, that one名name, noted子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 43. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Inako 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM42 of 43 analyzed forms 奈Nara, what?8 of 43 analyzed forms南south7 of 43 analyzed forms 名name, noted, distinguished7 of 43 analyzed forms 菜vegetable, side dish, greens7 of 43 analyzed forms 那what?7 of 43 analyzed forms伊Italy, that one7 of 43 analyzed forms 委committee, entrust to, leave to6 of 43 analyzed forms 以by means of, because, in view of5 of 43 analyzed forms 惟consider, reflect, think5 of 43 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Inako

43 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いなこ. 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.

いなこ

いなこ · Inako

Katakana イナコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
いなこ	いなこ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
イナ子	イナこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
いな子	いなこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
以南子	いなこ	以 — by means of, because · 南 — south · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
以名子	いなこ	以 — by means of, because · 名 — name, noted · 子 — child, sign of the rat	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
以奈子	いなこ	以 — by means of, because · 奈 — Nara, what? · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
以菜子	いなこ	以 — by means of, because · 菜 — vegetable, side dish · 子 — child, sign of the rat	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
以那子	いなこ	以 — by means of, because · 那 — what? · 子 — child, sign of the rat	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊南子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 南 — south · 子 — child, sign of the rat	18	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊名子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 名 — name, noted · 子 — child, sign of the rat	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊和子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 和 — harmony, Japanese style · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊奈子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 奈 — Nara, what? · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊永子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 永 — eternity, long · 子 — child, sign of the rat	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊菜子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 菜 — vegetable, side dish · 子 — child, sign of the rat	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伊那子	いなこ	伊 — Italy, that one · 那 — what? · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
委南子	いなこ	委 — committee, entrust to · 南 — south · 子 — child, sign of the rat	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Inako

Extended source depth

How to read Inako

How Inako is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Inako

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Inako spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

いなこ

イナ子

いな子

以南子

以名子

以奈子

以菜子

以那子

伊南子

伊名子

Kanji recurring across Inako spellings

Explore written forms of Inako

いなこ

イナ子

いな子

以南子

以名子

以奈子

以菜子

以那子

伊南子

伊名子

伊和子

伊奈子

伊永子

伊菜子

伊那子

委南子

委名子

委和子

委奈子

委菜子

委那子

惟南子

惟名子

惟奈子

惟菜子

惟那子

意南子

意名子

意奈子

意菜子

意那子

生奈子

稲子

維南子

維名子

維奈子

維菜子

維那子

衣南子

衣名子

衣奈子

衣菜子

衣那子

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What does Inako mean?

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