Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Nanako

ななこ

Female-classified given-name records.

ななこナナコNanako

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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 rows71

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Nanako

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ななこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formナナコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationNanako

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

Mora segmentationな · な · こ

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

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Reading profile

How Nanako 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

ななこ · ナナコ · ナナこ

Kanji-based spellings69

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

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms10

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms56

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

ななこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms69

71 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 71

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ななこNanako	6971 source rows	female 71source rows · distinct forms: female 69	00 source rows
ななこNanako	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
ななこNanako	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 Nanako

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 data57

3–30 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms57

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms12

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ななこ	Nanako	3	71

Recurring first-position kanji

菜vegetable, side dish14 forms 七seven11 forms 奈Nara, what?10 forms南south7 forms 那what?7 forms夏summer4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat62 forms 虹rainbow2 forms 光ray, light1 form 瑚ancestral offering receptacle, coral1 form 心heart, mind1 form 恋romance, in love1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

々子10 analyzed forms 奈子7 analyzed forms 菜子7 analyzed forms 南子5 analyzed forms 名子5 analyzed forms 和子5 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?

18 of 71 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 checked71

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings18

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading51

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

七光

5 source-recorded readings

ShichikōしちこうDaiyaだいやNanakoななこ · this pageNanahiななひ Nanamiななみ

虹子

5 source-recorded readings

KōkoこうこNanakoななこ · this pageNikoにこ Nijikoにじこ Reikoれいこ

菜子

4 source-recorded readings

Saikoさいこ NakoなこNanakoななこ · this pageNanokoなのこ

菜採子

4 source-recorded readings

NatsukoなつこNatsumikoなつみこNanakoななこ · this pageNamikoなみこ

七夕子

3 source-recorded readings

Nanakoななこ · this pageNayukoなゆこ Yūkoゆうこ

七子

3 source-recorded readings

ShichikoしちこNanakoななこ · this pageFumikoふみこ

七虹

3 source-recorded readings

Nanaなな NanaiなないNanakoななこ · this page

魚子

3 source-recorded readings

GyoshiぎょしTotokoととこNanakoななこ · 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 Nanako 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
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	62	0	62	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	19	14	0	6	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
奈	Nara, what?	16	10	0	7	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
七	seven	13	11	0	3	2	し, しっ, な, ひち	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
々	—	12	0	0	12	—	—	No loaded KANJIDIC2 classification
南	south	11	7	0	5	9	なみ, は, みな, みまみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
那	what?	11	7	0	4	7	とも, やす	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
名	name, noted, distinguished	7	2	0	5	6	と	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
和	harmony, Japanese style, peace	5	0	0	5	8	あい, いず, かず, かつ +13	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
夏	summer	5	4	0	1	10	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
虹	rainbow	3	1	2	0	9	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
納	settlement, obtain, reap	2	2	0	0	10	の, ろ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Nanakoななこ · this pageNayukoなゆこ Yūkoゆうこ

Characters in order

七seven夕evening子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 71. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Nanako 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM62 of 71 analyzed forms 菜vegetable, side dish, greens19 of 71 analyzed forms 奈Nara, what?16 of 71 analyzed forms七seven13 of 71 analyzed forms 々Kanji record12 of 71 analyzed forms 南south11 of 71 analyzed forms 那what?11 of 71 analyzed forms名name, noted, distinguished7 of 71 analyzed forms 和harmony, Japanese style, peace5 of 71 analyzed forms 夏summer5 of 71 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Nanako

71 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ななこ. 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.

ななこ

ななこ · Nanako

Katakana ナナコ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
ななこ	ななこ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
ナナコ	ナナコ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
なな子	ななこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
ナナ子	ナナこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
なな虹	ななこ	虹 — rainbow	9	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七々子	ななこ	七 — seven · 子 — child, sign of the rat	—	Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
七な子	ななこ	七 — seven · 子 — child, sign of the rat	5	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七七子	ななこ	七 — seven · 七 — seven · 子 — child, sign of the rat	7	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七光	ななこ	七 — seven · 光 — ray, light	8	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七夕子	ななこ	七 — seven · 夕 — evening · 子 — child, sign of the rat	8	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七奈子	ななこ	七 — seven · 奈 — Nara, what? · 子 — child, sign of the rat	13	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七子	ななこ	七 — seven · 子 — child, sign of the rat	5	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七波子	ななこ	七 — seven · 波 — waves, billows · 子 — child, sign of the rat	13	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七瑚	ななこ	七 — seven · 瑚 — ancestral offering receptacle, coral	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七菜子	ななこ	七 — seven · 菜 — vegetable, side dish · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
七虹	ななこ	七 — seven · 虹 — rainbow	11	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Nanako

Extended source depth

How to read Nanako

How Nanako is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Nanako

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Nanako spellings

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

ななこ

ナナコ

なな子

ナナ子

なな虹

七々子

七な子

七七子

七光

七夕子

Kanji recurring across Nanako spellings

Explore written forms of Nanako

ななこ

ナナコ

なな子

ナナ子

なな虹

七々子

七な子

七七子

七光

七夕子

七奈子

七子

七波子

七瑚

七菜子

七虹

凪々子

南々子

南南子

南名子

南和子

南奈子

南菜子

南那子

名々子

名奈子

夏々子

夏奈子

夏菜子

夏那子

奈々子

奈な子

奈七子

奈南子

奈名子

奈和子

奈奈子

奈渚子

奈菜子

奈那子

寧和子

愛々心

捺南子

生生子

納名子

納和子

花々子

苗々子

菜々子

菜々恋

菜七子

菜児

菜南子

菜名子

菜夏子

菜多子

菜奈子

菜子

菜採子