reviewedJōyō kanji

花

花 Meaning and Use in Japanese Names

花 is a 7-stroke jōyō kanji with KANJIDIC glosses including flower. This page separates character facts from the complete reviewed names and surnames that contain it.

Core meaning and character facts

Unicode
U+82B1
Stroke count
7
Official category
Jōyō kanji
Education field
Elementary school grade 1

KANJIDIC English glosses

flower.

These are character-level dictionary senses. They do not form a guaranteed translation of every complete name containing 花, and they do not establish what a particular bearer or family intended.

On, kun, and name readings

KANJIDIC distinguishes general on and kun readings from nanori fields associated with names. A dot marks the okurigana boundary in a kun reading; a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On readings

  • カ
  • ケ

Kun readings

  • はな

KANJIDIC nanori

  • わ

Reviewed Japanese names using 花

These cards show complete spelling-and-reading records. The full reading belongs to the complete written form shown on the card; it is not automatically a reading of 花 by itself.

Ichika

いちか · イチカ

一花
femalecommon evidence

Fuka

ふうか · フウカ

風花
femalecommon evidence

Kanon

かのん · カノン

花音
femalecommon evidence

Hana

はな · ハナ

花
femalecommon evidence

Momoka

ももか · モモカ

百花
unisexcommon evidence

Rikka

りっか · リッカ

六花
femalecommon evidence

Reviewed Japanese surnames using 花

Surname readings and survey positions apply to each complete surname record, not to the isolated character.

No reviewed surname record containing 花 is in the current 20-surname set. This does not establish that such surnames do not exist outside the published dataset.

Gender associations in this reviewed subset

male records
0
female records
5
unisex records
1

These counts describe only the linked records and their existing evidence classifications. They do not make 花 inherently male, female, or unisex, and they are not population estimates.

Possible misreadings and interpretation limits

Do not build a full reading character by character

For example, 一花・いちか is stored as one complete reviewed pair. The page does not assign each kana segment to one kanji without separate evidence.

Do not turn a gloss into a fixed personal meaning

A dictionary gloss describes the character in isolation. Other characters in a spelling retain their own senses, and a bearer's naming intention requires person-specific evidence that this database does not claim to have.

Continue with a complete record

Use a linked entity page for exact spelling, pronunciation, usage evidence, and field-level citations. If you already have a complete kanji spelling and reading, compare the pair in the Name Checker.

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Sources and evidence limits

Character readings, dictionary glosses, legal character categories, and complete real-world name records are separate evidence questions. Each source below supports only the listed fields.

  1. 子の名に使える漢字

    Ministry of Justice, Japan · JA · accessed Jul 25, 2026

    Fields supported on this page

    Legal Category, Legal Name Eligible

    The official list supports character-level eligibility only, not acceptance of a proposed reading or complete name.

    Source limitation

    Does not establish that a proposed reading or full name is common, natural, or actually used.

  2. 常用漢字表（平成22年内閣告示第2号）

    Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan · JA · accessed Jul 25, 2026

    Fields supported on this page

    Legal Category

    Source limitation

    General-language readings do not by themselves verify nanori readings or real-world name usage.

  3. ENAMDICT/JMnedict Japanese Proper Names Dictionary

    Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group · JA,EN · accessed Jul 25, 2026

    Fields supported on this page

    Name Ids, Surname Ids

    Each linked entity retains its own exact spelling-and-reading evidence and publication gate.

    Source limitation

    Dictionary inclusion does not measure current frequency, guarantee a reading for every bearer, or establish legal acceptance of a new registration.

  4. KANJIDIC Project

    Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group · JA,EN · accessed Jul 25, 2026

    Fields supported on this page

    Character, Unicode, Stroke Count, Grade, Education Level, On Readings, Kun Readings, Name Readings, Glosses

    Source limitation

    Character glosses are not whole-name translations and do not establish an intended whole-name meaning or family etymology.