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Japanese given name

Yasuo

休男

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

やすおヤスオYasuo
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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 spellings109

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows109

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yasuo

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やすお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヤスオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYasuo

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

Mora segmentationや · す · 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 Yasuo 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

やすお

Kanji-based spellings109

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

2-kanji forms96

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms13

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

やすお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms109

109 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 5 · female 3 · unspecified 101

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
やすおYasuo109109 source rowsmale 5 · female 3 · unspecified 101source rows · distinct forms: male 5 · female 3 · unspecified 10133 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 Yasuo

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 data109

10–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms102

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms7

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
やすおYasuo3109
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
八洲4 analyzed forms弥寿4 analyzed forms八州3 analyzed forms寿男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?

34 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 readings34

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading46

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set7

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

和郎
4 source-recorded readings
KazuoかずおKazurōかずろうYasuoやすお · this pageWarōわろう

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 Yasuo 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
雄masculine, male, hero250250012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
夫husband, man24024004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
男male20020007みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
生life, genuine, birth11011005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
泰peaceful, calm, peace101000010た, はす, ひろ, や +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
郎son, counter for sons909009いら, お, とう, もん +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
保protect, guarantee, keep871009う, お, ぶ, もり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)880002な, は, はっ, やち +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
康ease, peace8800011かん, こ, みち, やす +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
安relax, cheap, low770006あ, あす, あず, あっ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
恭respect, reverent7700010きよ, やす, やすし, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life610507かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9Jōyō · 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 109. 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 Yasuo 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.

雄masculine, male, hero25 of 109 analyzed forms夫husband, man24 of 109 analyzed forms男male20 of 109 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth11 of 109 analyzed forms泰peaceful, calm, peace10 of 109 analyzed forms郎son, counter for sons9 of 109 analyzed forms保protect, guarantee, keep8 of 109 analyzed forms八eight, eight radical (no. 12)8 of 109 analyzed forms康ease, peace8 of 109 analyzed forms安relax, cheap, low7 of 109 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yasuo

109 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading やすお. 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.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 109 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 109 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yasuo 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
休男やすお休 — rest, day off · 男 — male13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
休雄やすお休 — rest, day off · 雄 — masculine, male18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保勇やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 勇 — courage, cheer up18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保夫やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 夫 — husband, man13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保生やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 生 — life, genuine14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保男やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 男 — male16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保緒やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 緒 — thong, beginning23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保郎やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 郎 — son, counter for sons18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
保雄やすお保 — protect, guarantee · 雄 — masculine, male21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
健郎やすお健 — healthy, health · 郎 — son, counter for sons20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八寿男やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 寿 — longevity, congratulations · 男 — male16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八州夫やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 州 — state, province · 夫 — husband, man12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八州男やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 州 — state, province · 男 — male15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八州雄やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 州 — state, province · 雄 — masculine, male20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八洲夫やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 洲 — continent, sandbar · 夫 — husband, man15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
八洲生やすお八 — eight, eight radical (no. 12) · 洲 — continent, sandbar · 生 — life, genuine16All 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 Yasuo 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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Yasuka

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Exact reading

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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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