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Japanese given name

Mitsuyo

ミツヨ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

みつよミツヨMitsuyo
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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 spellings47

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows47

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mitsuyo

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みつよ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミツヨ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMitsuyo

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

Mora segmentationみ · つ · よ

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

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Reading profile

How Mitsuyo 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

みつよ · ミツヨ

Kanji-based spellings46

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 forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms26

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms19

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

みつよ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms47

48 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 46 · unspecified 2

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
みつよMitsuyo4748 source rowsfemale 46 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 45 · unspecified 222 source rows
みつよMitsuyo00 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 Mitsuyo

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 data46

5–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms46

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
みつよMitsuyo347
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
津代5 analyzed forms都代4 analyzed forms津世3 analyzed forms鶴代3 analyzed forms三津2 analyzed forms光津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?

21 of 47 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 checked47

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings21

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading26

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set10

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

常世
3 source-recorded readings
TsuneyoつねよTokoyoとこよMitsuyoみつよ · 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 Mitsuyo 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
代substitute, change, convert25025005すJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
世generation, world, society11011005とし, ゆ, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
津haven, port, harbor900909ず, ち, とJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
三three880003か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
光ray, light880006あき, あきら, こお, てる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
美beauty, beautiful660009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
都capital, metropolis5005011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
鶴crane, stork3003021たず, ず, か, つ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
予beforehand, previous, myself303004—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
満full, fullness, enough3300012ま, みち, みつ, みつるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
葉leaf, plane, lobe2020012よ, わJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
充allot, fill220006あつ, のぶ, まさ, みち +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

ミツヨ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mitsuyoみつよ · this page
Characters in order
ミKanaツKanaヨKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 47. 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 Mitsuyo 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.

代substitute, change, convert25 of 47 analyzed forms世generation, world, society11 of 47 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor9 of 47 analyzed forms三three8 of 47 analyzed forms光ray, light8 of 47 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful6 of 47 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis5 of 47 analyzed forms鶴crane, stork3 of 47 analyzed forms予beforehand, previous, myself3 of 47 analyzed forms満full, fullness, enough3 of 47 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mitsuyo

47 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みつよ. 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.

ミツヨ

ミツヨ · Mitsuyo

Katakana ミツヨMorae 3Strokes —

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

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Spelling comparator

Compare Mitsuyo 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
ミツヨミツヨKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
みつ代みつよ代 — substitute, change5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万葉みつよ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 葉 — leaf, plane15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三世みつよ三 — three · 世 — generation, world8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三代みつよ三 — three · 代 — substitute, change8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三十代みつよ三 — three · 十 — ten · 代 — substitute, change10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三四みつよ三 — three · 四 — four8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津世みつよ三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 世 — generation, world17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津代みつよ三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 代 — substitute, change17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三都代みつよ三 — three · 都 — capital, metropolis · 代 — substitute, change19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三鶴代みつよ三 — three · 鶴 — crane, stork · 代 — substitute, change29All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
充世みつよ充 — allot, fill · 世 — generation, world11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
充代みつよ充 — allot, fill · 代 — substitute, change11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光世みつよ光 — ray, light · 世 — generation, world11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光代みつよ光 — ray, light · 代 — substitute, change11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光余みつよ光 — ray, light · 余 — too much, myself13All 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 Mitsuyo 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

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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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Mizue

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Mitsuru

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Mitsuyoshi

44 recorded spellings

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Mitsuhiro

43 recorded spellings

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Mitsunori

38 recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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代 — substitute, change

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世 — generation, world

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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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