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21,378 first names, 70,620 last names, 317,184 kanji variations.
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In Japanese, there is a culture of kanji which is a set of characters that originated from Chinese characters, and the meaning of the name changes according to the choice of kanji characters.
Even surnames with the same reading have different meanings depending on how the kanji characters are applied.
For Kawai, kanji choices are listed below, sorted by the households number in Japan.
Introduction to how Japanese names work About this site's data of last names
河 means "river, stream, watercourse."
River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
合 means "unite, join, fit together."
川 means "river, stream, brook."
River - A natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
Stream - A small, narrow river or a body of flowing water.
合 means "unite, join, fit together."
河 means "river, stream, watercourse."
River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
相 means "mutual, reciprocal, each other."
Form - The shape or appearance of something.
Mutual - To be in a relationship with each other.
Friends - To be close with someone.
Alternating - To take turns with each other.
Companions - To be in a group with others.
川 means "river, stream, brook."
River - A natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
Stream - A small, narrow river or a body of flowing water.
相 means "mutual, reciprocal, each other."
Form - The shape or appearance of something.
Mutual - To be in a relationship with each other.
Friends - To be close with someone.
Alternating - To take turns with each other.
Companions - To be in a group with others.
河 means "river, stream, watercourse."
River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
生 means "life, birth, raw, uncooked."
Innate - Innate, inborn, natural.
Unprocessed - Unprocessed, unripe, unskilled.
Pure - Pure, Unmixed, unadulterated.
Scholar - Scholar, intellectual, teacher.
Student - Student, pupil, disciple.
河 means "river, stream, watercourse."
River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
会 means "meeting, gathering, association."
Understand, Realize - To comprehend or to come to an understanding.
Certainly, Definitely - Without a doubt.
可 means "allowable, permissible, acceptable."
Listen. Accept. - Used to indicate that one should listen and accept what is being said.
Possible. - Used to express the possibility of something being done.
Allowed. - Used to express that something is allowed or permissible.
Should. - Used to express that something should be done.
Speculation. - Used to express a guess or assumption.
Degree. - Used to express the degree or extent of something.
愛 means "love, affection, fondness."
To love - To feel deep affection and care for someone or something.
To cherish - To hold someone or something in high regard and treat them with great care.
To adore - To feel great admiration and fondness for someone or something.
To be fond of - To have a strong liking for someone or something.
To be devoted to - To be dedicated and loyal to someone or something.
川 means "river, stream, brook."
River - A natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
Stream - A small, narrow river or a body of flowing water.
会 means "meeting, gathering, association."
Understand, Realize - To comprehend or to come to an understanding.
Certainly, Definitely - Without a doubt.
皮 means "skin, hide, leather."
Skin - The outer layer of the body or an object that covers the surface.
Surface - The top part or outer layer of something.
Leather - A material made from the skin of an animal, usually tanned and treated to make it soft and flexible.
Drum - A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched over one or both ends.
居 means "to be present, to reside, to stay."
何 means "what, how many, something."
A pronoun used to refer to an unspecified thing.
A word used to ask about something that is not clear.
A word used to refer to things or people without specifying them.
Not even one. Not even a little.
Why. How come.
A word used when asking strongly.
合 means "unite, join, fit together."
合 means "unite, join, fit together."
To match or unite - To become the same, to become one, to join together, to combine, to make consistent.
A unit of measurement - One-tenth of a liter, one-tenth of a tsubo (a unit of area), one-tenth of the height of a mountain from its base to its peak.
羽 means "feather, wing."
Feathers - The feathers of a bird or insect.
Bird - A bird or other avian species.
Ornament - An ornament held in the hand when dancing.
Help - Something that provides assistance. An assistant.
Numeral - A numeral used to count birds or rabbits.
井 means "well, water hole, pit."
Last names that have the same initial of K.
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This is the order of names with many variations of kanji.
Basically, names with more variations are more common and familiar to the Japanese.
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Please note that just because a name has been viewed more times does not mean it is a famous name in Japan.
What is Hiragana?
Hiragana is a syllabary used in written Japanese, which originated from the cursive style of Kanji.
What is Katakana?
Katakana is also a Japanese syllabary. Basically, the characters don't have any meaning by themselves, they only represent the sounds.
Japanese try to express the words came from foreign languages with the most similar sounds in Japanese using Katakana.
Households?
The names are sorted by the number of Japanese households where the surname is used.
The more households there are, the more famous and common the surname is.
About this site's data of last names