Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Misao

みさお

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

みさおミサオMisao

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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 spellings64

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows70

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Misao

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みさお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミサオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMisao

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

Mora segmentationみ · さ · お

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

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Reading profile

How Misao 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 readings4

みさお · みさを · ミサオ · ミサヲ

Kanji-based spellings62

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-only4

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms5

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms11

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms46

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

みさお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms62

63 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms6

6 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 1 · female 39 · unspecified 23

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
みさおMisao	6263 source rows	male 1 · female 39 · unspecified 23source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 38 · unspecified 23	66 source rows
みさをMisao	67 source rows	female 7source rows · distinct forms: female 6	00 source rows
みさおMisao	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
みさをMisao	00 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 Misao

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 data62

9–34 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms61

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
みさお	Misao	3	63
みさを	Misao	3	7

Recurring first-position kanji

美beauty, beautiful33 forms 実reality, truth6 forms 三three3 forms 巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM3 forms 未un-, not yet3 forms 修discipline, conduct oneself well1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

緒thong, beginning13 forms 央center, middle8 forms 男male6 forms 生life, genuine6 forms 雄masculine, male6 forms 夫husband, man5 forms

One-character kanji forms

操maneuver, manipulate1 form 節Kanji1 form 美beauty, beautiful1 form 貞upright, chastity1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

美佐9 analyzed forms 佐夫4 analyzed forms 美沙4 analyzed forms 三男3 analyzed forms 美咲3 analyzed forms 美彩3 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?

13 of 66 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 checked66

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings13

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading51

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set15

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

美

15 source-recorded readings

Umashiうまし Kiyoshiきよし Churaちゅら Haruはる HarumiはるみBiび

貞

8 source-recorded readings

Sadaさだ Sadamuさだむ Takashiたかし Tadashiただし Tadasuただす Teiてい

操

7 source-recorded readings

Ayaあや Sōそう Mamoruまもる MisaみさMisaoみさお · this pageMisakiみさき

節

7 source-recorded readings

Sadameさだめ Setsuせつ Takashiたかし Tomoとも MakotoまことMisaoみさお · this page

美緒

5 source-recorded readings

NioにおMioみお MiōみおうMisaoみさお · this pageMisaoみさを · this page

美青

4 source-recorded readings

Akuaあくあ MioみおMisaoみさお · this pageMiharuみはる

実沙音

2 source-recorded readings

Misaoみさお · this pageMisatoみさと

水棹

2 source-recorded readings

SuitōすいとうMisaoみさお · 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 Misao 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	Solo	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
美	beauty, beautiful	34	33	0	0	1	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
佐	assistant, help	15	0	0	15	0	7	すけ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
緒	thong, beginning, inception	13	0	13	0	0	14	ほ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
央	center, middle	8	0	8	0	0	5	あきら, え, お, さと +6	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
三	three	7	3	0	5	0	3	か, さ, さい, さえ +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
沙	sand	7	0	0	7	0	7	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
男	male	6	0	6	0	0	7	み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
実	reality, truth, seed	6	6	0	0	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
生	life, genuine, birth	6	0	6	0	0	5	あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
雄	masculine, male, hero	6	0	6	0	0	12	かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
夫	husband, man	5	0	5	0	0	4	お, と, ゆう, よ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
彩	coloring, paint, makeup	5	0	0	5	0	11	あや, さ, さえ, つや	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Misaoみさお · this page

Characters in order

味flavor, taste左left夫husband, man

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 66. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Misao 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.

美beauty, beautiful34 of 66 analyzed forms 佐assistant, help15 of 66 analyzed forms 緒thong, beginning, inception13 of 66 analyzed forms 央center, middle8 of 66 analyzed forms 三three7 of 66 analyzed forms 沙sand7 of 66 analyzed forms 男male6 of 66 analyzed forms 実reality, truth, seed6 of 66 analyzed forms 生life, genuine, birth6 of 66 analyzed forms 雄masculine, male, hero6 of 66 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Misao

63 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みさお. 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.

みさお

みさお · Misao

Katakana ミサオ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
みさお	みさお	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
ミサオ	ミサオ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
みさを	みさを	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
ミサヲ	ミサヲ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
みさ緒	みさお	緒 — thong, beginning	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三三男	みさお	三 — three · 三 — three · 男 — male	13	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三佐夫	みさお	三 — three · 佐 — assistant, help · 夫 — husband, man	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三佐男	みさお	三 — three · 佐 — assistant, help · 男 — male	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
修緒	みさお	修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 緒 — thong, beginning	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
味左夫	みさお	味 — flavor, taste · 左 — left · 夫 — husband, man	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実佐緒	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 佐 — assistant, help · 緒 — thong, beginning	29	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実彩央	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 彩 — coloring, paint · 央 — center, middle	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実彩生	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 彩 — coloring, paint · 生 — life, genuine	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実操	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 操 — maneuver, manipulate	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実沙生	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 沙 — sand · 生 — life, genuine	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実沙音	みさお	実 — reality, truth · 沙 — sand · 音 — sound, noise	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Misao

Extended source depth

How to read Misao

How Misao is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Misao

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Misao spellings

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

みさお

ミサオ

みさを

ミサヲ

みさ緒

三三男

三佐夫

三佐男

修緒

味左夫

Kanji recurring across Misao spellings

Explore written forms of Misao

みさお

ミサオ

みさを

ミサヲ

みさ緒

三三男

三佐夫

三佐男

修緒

味左夫

実佐緒

実彩央

実彩生

実操

実沙生

実沙音

巳三男

巳三雄

巳佐雄

操

操

操男

未佐夫

未咲於

未沙央

水棹

深青

祐節

節

節

節緒

美

美三男

美三雄

美佐保

美佐夫

美佐央

美佐尾

美佐生

美佐男

美佐緒

美佐緒

美佐遠

美佐雄

美作雄

美咲央

美咲桜

美咲生

美左雄

美幸緒

美彩央

美彩生

美彩緒

美操

美早央

美早緒

美沙央

美沙生

美沙緒