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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with Ze (ぜ)

Source-recorded given-name readings whose indexed romanization begins with Ze. Contracted kana variants are grouped with the same base reading family where appropriate.

28 name readingsCurrent page contains 155 recorded spelling links across 28 readings.

Given name · male

Zennosuke

17 recorded spellings

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Zenji

15 recorded spellings

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Zenichirō

12 recorded spellings

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Zenkō

12 recorded spellings

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Zenjirō

11 recorded spellings

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Zentarō

8 recorded spellings

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Zenei

5 recorded spellings

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Zenzaburō

5 recorded spellings

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Zenzō

5 recorded spellings

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Zenkai

4 recorded spellings

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Zenki

4 recorded spellings

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Zenryō

4 recorded spellings

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Zenryū

4 recorded spellings

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Zensaburō

4 recorded spellings

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Zenshō

4 recorded spellings

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Zensuke

4 recorded spellings

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Zenyū

4 recorded spellings

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Zengo

3 recorded spellings

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Zenichi

3 recorded spellings

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Zenjō

3 recorded spellings

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Zenken

3 recorded spellings

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Zenkyō

3 recorded spellings

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Zenrō

3 recorded spellings

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Zensaku

3 recorded spellings

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Zenshū

3 recorded spellings

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Zenta

3 recorded spellings

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Zenya

3 recorded spellings

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Zenyō

3 recorded spellings

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