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ReferenceNamesKayoko
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Kayoko

かよこ

Female-classified given-name records.

かよこカヨコKayoko
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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 spellings142

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows143

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kayoko

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かよこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formカヨコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKayoko

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

Mora segmentationか · よ · こ

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

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Reading profile

How Kayoko 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

かよこ · カヨこ

Kanji-based spellings142

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 forms4

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms135

recorded spellings

4-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

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

かよこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms142

143 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 143

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
かよこKayoko142143 source rowsfemale 143source rows · distinct forms: female 14200 source rows
かよこKayoko00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 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 Kayoko

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 data142

3–41 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms142

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
かよこKayoko3143
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
代子25 analyzed forms世子19 analyzed forms与子8 analyzed forms陽子7 analyzed forms容子6 analyzed forms洋子6 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?

8 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.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings8

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading71

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

代米子
2 source-recorded readings
Kayokoかよこ · this pageYonekoよねこ
兼代子
2 source-recorded readings
KaneyokoかねよこKayokoかよこ · this page
加代子
2 source-recorded readings
Kayokoかよこ · this pageKyokoきょこ
加詠子
2 source-recorded readings
KaekoかえこKayokoかよこ · this page
加陽子
2 source-recorded readings
KayōkoかようこKayokoかよこ · this page
和世子
2 source-recorded readings
Kayokoかよこ · this pageWayokoわよこ
和代子
2 source-recorded readings
Kayokoかよこ · this pageWayokoわよこ
嘉代子
2 source-recorded readings
Kayokoかよこ · this pageKiyokoきよこ

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 Kayoko 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
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM1400140003い, き, ぎ, く +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
代substitute, change, convert28102705すJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
佳excellent, beautiful, good27260108けい, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
世generation, world, society19001905とし, ゆ, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
加add, addition, increase16160005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
香incense, smell, perfume15150009こ, こお, ひゃん, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
賀congratulations, joy9900012か, のり, よし, よりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
与bestow, participate in, give800803とも, ゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
葉leaf, plane, lobe7007012よ, わJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
陽sunshine, yang principle, positive7007012あき, あきら, あけ, はる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
嘉applaud, praise, esteem7700014ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
花flower770007わJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1

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

かよこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kayokoかよこ · this page
Characters in order
かKanaよKanaこKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 143. 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 Kayoko 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-1AM140 of 143 analyzed forms代substitute, change, convert28 of 143 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good27 of 143 analyzed forms世generation, world, society19 of 143 analyzed forms加add, addition, increase16 of 143 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume15 of 143 analyzed forms賀congratulations, joy9 of 143 analyzed forms与bestow, participate in, give8 of 143 analyzed forms葉leaf, plane, lobe7 of 143 analyzed forms陽sunshine, yang principle, positive7 of 143 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kayoko

143 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading かよこ. 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.

かよこ

かよこ · Kayoko

Katakana カヨコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 143 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 142 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Kayoko 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
かよこかよこKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
かよ子かよこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
カヨ子カヨこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
か代子かよこ代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
代米子かよこ代 — substitute, change · 米 — rice, USA · 子 — child, sign of the rat14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伽世子かよこ伽 — nursing, attending · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伽代子かよこ伽 — nursing, attending · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳よ子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳与子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 与 — bestow, participate in · 子 — child, sign of the rat14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳世子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳予子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 予 — beforehand, previous · 子 — child, sign of the rat15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳代子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳代湖かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 代 — substitute, change · 湖 — lake25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳余子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 余 — too much, myself · 子 — child, sign of the rat18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳依子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 依 — reliant, depend on · 子 — child, sign of the rat19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳吉子かよこ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 吉 — good luck, joy · 子 — child, sign of the rat17All 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 Kayoko 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 かよ

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.

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Kayō

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Kayori

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Kayoe

7 recorded spellings

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Kayono

3 recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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子 — child, sign of the rat

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代 — substitute, change

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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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