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Japanese given name

Shōnosuke

匠之丞

Male-classified given-name records.

しょうのすけショウノスケShōnosuke
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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 spellings101

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows101

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shōnosuke

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しょうのすけ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formショウノスケ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShōnosuke

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

Mora segmentationしょ · う · の · す · け

5 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 Shōnosuke 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 readings1

しょうのすけ

Kanji-based spellings101

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters6

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae5

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

2-kanji forms5

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms96

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 asNo additional class found

しょうのすけ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labels—

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
じょうのすけJōnosuke208208 source rowsmale 208source rows · distinct forms: male 20800 source rows
しょうのすけShōnosuke00 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 Shōnosuke

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 data101

12–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms92

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms9

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
しょうのすけShōnosuke5101
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
之助20 analyzed forms之介17 analyzed forms之輔15 analyzed forms之丞14 analyzed forms之佑14 analyzed forms之祐14 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 80 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 checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings18

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading62

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

正之丞
3 source-recorded readings
Shōnosukeしょうのすけ · this pageSeinosukeせいのすけMasanojōまさのじょう

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 Shōnosuke 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
之of, this95009503ゆき, いたる, あき, つな +5Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
助help, rescue, assist20020007—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
介jammed in, shellfish, mediate18018004すけ, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
輔help150150014すけ, たすく, ゆうJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
丞help14014006すけJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
佑help, assist14014007すけ, たすく, ゆJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
祐help140140010—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
将leader, commander, general7700010かつ, かつり, すすむ, たか +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
昌prosperous, bright, clear770008まさ, まさし, よし, あき +4Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
匠artisan, workman, carpenter660006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
奨exhort, urge, encourage6600013まさしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
尚esteem, furthermore, still660008たか, たかし, ないし, なり +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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 101. 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 Shōnosuke 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.

之of, this95 of 101 analyzed forms助help, rescue, assist20 of 101 analyzed forms介jammed in, shellfish, mediate18 of 101 analyzed forms輔help15 of 101 analyzed forms丞help14 of 101 analyzed forms佑help, assist14 of 101 analyzed forms祐help14 of 101 analyzed forms将leader, commander, general7 of 101 analyzed forms昌prosperous, bright, clear7 of 101 analyzed forms匠artisan, workman, carpenter6 of 101 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shōnosuke

101 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しょうのすけ. 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.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 101 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 101 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Shōnosuke 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
匠之丞しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 丞 — help15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠之介しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 介 — jammed in, shellfish13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠之佑しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 佑 — help, assist16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠之助しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 助 — help, rescue16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠之祐しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 祐 — help19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠之輔しょうのすけ匠 — artisan, workman · 之 — of, this · 輔 — help23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之丞しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 丞 — help22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之介しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 介 — jammed in, shellfish20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之佑しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 佑 — help, assist23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之助しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 助 — help, rescue23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之祐しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 祐 — help26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨之輔しょうのすけ奨 — exhort, urge · 之 — of, this · 輔 — help30All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将乃介しょうのすけ将 — leader, commander · 乃 — from, possessive particle · 介 — jammed in, shellfish16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将之丞しょうのすけ将 — leader, commander · 之 — of, this · 丞 — help19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将之介しょうのすけ将 — leader, commander · 之 — of, this · 介 — jammed in, shellfish17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将之佑しょうのすけ将 — leader, commander · 之 — of, this · 佑 — help, assist20All 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 Shōnosuke 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.

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Exact reading

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之 — of, this

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助 — help, rescue

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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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