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Canonical reference record
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Japanese given name

Kizuki

喜月

Female-classified given-name records.

きづきキヅキKizuki
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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 spellings13

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows14

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kizuki

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きづき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキヅキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKizuki

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

Mora segmentationき · づ · き

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 Kizuki 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

きづき · きずき

Kanji-based spellings13

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

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms11

recorded spellings

3-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 + surname

きづき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms13

15 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms20

23 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 15

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
きずきKizuki44 source rowsfemale 4source rows · distinct forms: female 41313 source rows
きづきKizuki1315 source rowsfemale 15source rows · distinct forms: female 132023 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 Kizuki

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 data13

11–30 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms13

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
きづきKizuki311
きずきKizuki33
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

5 of 13 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 checked13

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings5

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading8

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

3 source-recorded readings
Kizukiきずき · this pageKizukuきずくKizukiきづき · this page
樹月
2 source-recorded readings
ItsukiいつきKizukiきづき · 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 Kizuki 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
month, moon909004おと, がっ, す, ずき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
hope, beg, request321007のぞ, のぞみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
timber, trees, wood2110016いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
fabricate, build, construct2100116つい, つき, つく, づきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
figured cloth, beautiful2200014Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
rejoice, take pleasure in1100012あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
princess1100010Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life100107かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
brandish, wave, wag1100012Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
chronicle, account, narrative110009おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
Zelkova tree1010015Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
hollyhock1100012まもる, けJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 13. 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 Kizuki 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 Kizuki

11 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きづき. 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.

Spelling comparator

Compare Kizuki 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
喜月きづき喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 月 — month, moon16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
姫月きづき姫 — princess · 月 — month, moon14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
希寿樹きずき希 — hope, beg · 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 樹 — timber, trees30All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
希月きづき希 — hope, beg · 月 — month, moon11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
揮月きづき揮 — brandish, wave · 月 — month, moon16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
樹月きづき樹 — timber, trees · 月 — month, moon20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
きずき築 — fabricate, build16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
築希きずき築 — fabricate, build · 希 — hope, beg23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
紀月きづき紀 — chronicle, account · 月 — month, moon13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
綺月きづき綺 — figured cloth, beautiful · 月 — month, moon18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
綺槻きづき綺 — figured cloth, beautiful · 槻 — Zelkova tree29All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
葵月きづき葵 — hollyhock · 月 — month, moon16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
騎月きづき騎 — equestrian, riding on horses · 月 — month, moon22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Kizuki 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 きづ

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 Kizuki

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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