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The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed ( 勺 , 銑 , 脹 , 錘 , 匁 ).
For example, if ビルゲイツ ("BillGates") is written instead of ビル・ゲイツ ("Bill Gates"), a Japanese speaker unfamiliar with the name might have difficulty working out where the boundary between the given name and surname lies. Also used in some dictionaries to separate furigana and okurigana when noting kanji readings.
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,418 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The jōyō kanji list was introduced, which included seven of the original 92 jinmeiyō kanji from 1951 (mentioned above), plus one of the 28 new jinmeiyō kanji from 1976 (also mentioned above); those eight were thus removed from the jinmeiyō kanji list. 54 other characters were added for a total of 166 name characters.
Pages in category "Japanese unisex given names" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguri;
When used as a name, the Kana writing ましろ aka "Ma White" (茉白, "Ma Bai") is the standard reading of Mashiro. This reading is usually reserved for girls, as boys have their own kana readings for Mashiro. [2] [3] The first sound used for both genders is "Ma" which has many meanings that give a gentle and inclusive feeling. It also has a ...
Haru M. Reischauer (1915–1998, ハル), Japanese writer; Toshio Haru (波留 敏夫, born 1970), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder; Haru Wazaki (和崎 ハル, 1885–1952), Japanese politician
Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 光, "light" 輝, "radiance" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is more common for girls named Hikaru to only have hiragana in their name without kanji.