Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kisao

喜三夫

Given-name classification varies across source records.

きさおキサオKisao

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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 spellings9

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows9

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kisao

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きさお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキサオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKisao

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

Mora segmentationき · さ · お

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

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Reading profile

How Kisao 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 readings1

きさお

Kanji-based spellings9

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

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms8

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

きさお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms10

10 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · unspecified 8

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
きさおKisao	1010 source rows	male 2 · unspecified 8source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · unspecified 8	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 Kisao

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 data9

13–31 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms9

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
きさお	Kisao	3	9

Recurring first-position kanji

喜rejoice, take pleasure in6 forms 木tree, wood2 forms 象elephant, pattern after1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

夫husband, man4 forms 雄masculine, male4 forms 男male1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

喜三3 analyzed forms 喜佐2 analyzed forms 佐夫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 9 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 checked9

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading6

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

喜三夫

2 source-recorded readings

Kisaoきさお · this pageKimioきみお

喜三男

2 source-recorded readings

Kisaoきさお · this pageKimioきみお

喜三雄

2 source-recorded readings

Kisaoきさお · this pageKimioきみお

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 Kisao 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
喜	rejoice, take pleasure in	6	6	0	0	12	あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
夫	husband, man	4	0	4	0	4	お, と, ゆう, よ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
雄	masculine, male, hero	4	0	4	0	12	かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
三	three	3	0	0	3	3	か, さ, さい, さえ +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
佐	assistant, help	3	0	0	3	7	すけ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
左	left	2	0	0	2	5	そ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
木	tree, wood	2	2	0	0	4	ぐ, も, もと	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
男	male	1	0	1	0	7	み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
象	elephant, pattern after, imitate	1	1	0	0	12	きさ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kisaoきさお · this page

Characters in order

象elephant, pattern after雄masculine, male

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Corpus pattern