奏
かなで
Documented interpretation
- 奏: play music
Usage note
JMnedict contains the exact 奏・かなで pair. Tamahiyo lists it at no. 86 in the 2024 Tamahiyo boys' name sample; this supports observed use in that sample, not nationwide frequency.
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奏
Kanade Japanese Name
かなで · カナデ
JMnedict contains the exact reviewed pair 奏・かなで. 奏 is no. 86 in the 2024 Tamahiyo boys' name sample. These rankings document the stated survey sample and are not a census of all births in Japan.
Meaning overview
These interpretations belong to this reviewed name record. Variant-specific explanations appear separately below.
- For 奏, 奏 includes “play music”. These are literal character glosses rather than a fixed whole-name translation.
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Name facts
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- Hiragana
- かなで
- Katakana
- カナデ
- Pronunciation
- kah-nah-deh
- Gender association
- Unisex
- Usage status
- Common
- Origin
- Japanese given-name record covering the reviewed spellings 奏・かなで.
- Mora count
- 3
- Record status
- Reviewed
- Last reviewed
- July 28, 2026
Naturalness note
JMnedict contains the exact reviewed pair 奏・かなで. 奏 is no. 86 in the 2024 Tamahiyo boys' name sample. These rankings document the stated survey sample and are not a census of all births in Japan.
Kanji variants
Each spelling is documented separately so its gloss and usage note are not mixed with another variant.
high confidence
Editorial notes
Cultural context
- This page covers the documented 奏・かなで pair. Other spellings with the same reading require separate evidence.
- Only exact kanji-and-reading pairs found in JMnedict and either a 2022–2025 Tamahiyo name ranking or a named main-use example in the 2025 reading ranking are included in this scaled record.
Pronunciation notes
- かなで contains 3 morae. The English guide is approximate and does not encode Japanese pitch accent.
Common misunderstandings
- The KANJIDIC glosses shown for 奏 describe individual characters; they do not prove a bearer’s intended name meaning.
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Sources and evidence limits
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- ENAMDICT/JMnedict Japanese Proper Names Dictionary
Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group · JA,EN · accessed Jul 25, 2026
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Hiragana, Romaji, Genders, Is Real Name, Origin, Kanji Variants 0 reading
Each published spelling on this record was matched to the exact かなで reading in JMnedict.
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Dictionary inclusion does not measure current frequency, guarantee a reading for every bearer, or establish legal acceptance of a new registration.
- KANJIDIC Project
Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group · JA,EN · accessed Jul 25, 2026
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Meanings, Themes, Kanji Variants 0 meanings
Only individual-character English glosses are used.
Source limitation
Character glosses are not whole-name translations and do not establish an intended whole-name meaning or family etymology.
- 2024年 男の子赤ちゃんの名前ランキング100
Benesse Corporation (たまひよ) · JA · accessed Jul 28, 2026
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Usage Status, Genders, Naturalness Note, Kanji Variants 0 usage Note
The cited ranking supplies the exact spelling and reading as either a ranked name entry or the named main-use example for a ranked reading, together with gendered-list context.
Source limitation
The ranking covers names submitted through Benesse products and services for births from January 1 to September 26, 2024; the 132,246 boys in the sample do not represent a census of all births in Japan.