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Japanese given name

Mitsuo

ミツヲ

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

みつおミツオMitsuo
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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 spellings69

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 Mitsuo

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みつお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミツオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMitsuo

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

Mora segmentationみ · つ · お

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 Mitsuo 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 readings3

みつお · ミツヲ · みつを

Kanji-based spellings68

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-only2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms53

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms15

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

みつお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms68

68 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms9

9 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 4 · unspecified 64

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
みつおMitsuo6868 source rowsmale 4 · unspecified 64source rows · distinct forms: male 4 · unspecified 6499 source rows
みつをMitsuo12 source rowsfemale 1 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 1 · unspecified 100 source rows
みつをMitsuo00 source rowssource 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 Mitsuo

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 data68

7–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms67

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
美津5 analyzed forms津男4 analyzed forms三津3 analyzed forms美都3 analyzed forms津夫2 analyzed forms津雄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?

38 of 70 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 checked70

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings38

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading31

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set12

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Mitsuo 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
three17170003か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
male15014107Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
masculine, male, hero130130012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
husband, man12012004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
ray, light12120006あき, あきら, こお, てる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
haven, port, harbor10001009ず, ち, とJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
life, genuine, birth10010005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
beauty, beautiful880009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
full, fullness, enough7700012ま, みち, みつ, みつるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
capital, metropolis4004011Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
allot, fill440006あつ, のぶ, まさ, みち +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
secrecy, density (pop), minuteness4400011Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

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

ミツヲ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mitsuoみつを
Characters in order
KanaKanaKana
Exact written form

みつを

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mitsuoみつを · this page
Characters in order
KanaKanaKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 70. 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 Mitsuo 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 Mitsuo

68 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みつお. 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.

ミツヲ

ミツヲ · Mitsuo

Katakana ミツヲMorae 3Strokes

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

みつを

みつを · Mitsuo

Katakana ミツヲMorae 3Strokes

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

Spelling comparator

Compare Mitsuo 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
ミツヲミツヲKana-only spellingKana spelling
みつをみつをKana-only spellingKana spelling
三ツ夫みつお三 — three · 夫 — husband, man7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三丘みつお三 — three · 丘 — hill, knoll8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三勇みつお三 — three · 勇 — courage, cheer up12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三夫みつお三 — three · 夫 — husband, man7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三朗みつお三 — three · 朗 — clear, bright14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津夫みつお三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 夫 — husband, man16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津男みつお三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 男 — male19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津雄みつお三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 雄 — masculine, male24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三王みつお三 — three · 王 — king, rule7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三生みつお三 — three · 生 — life, genuine8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三男みつお三 — three · 男 — male10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三男雄みつお三 — three · 男 — male · 雄 — masculine, male22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三百みつお三 — three · 百 — hundred9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三良みつお三 — three · 良 — good, pleasing10All 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 Mitsuo 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 みつ

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 Mitsuo

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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