Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yamaguchi

山口やまぐち

Yamaguchi is among the thirty or so most common surnames in Japan. Its kanji read as mountain + mouth.

Hiragana
やまぐち
Katakana
ヤマグチ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yamaguchi
Morae
4 やまぐち
How common
Very common

The kanji

  1. 山mountainMountains & land
  2. 口mouth, entrance

As a full name

  • 山口 緑Midori Yamaguchi
  • 山口 夏希Natsuki Yamaguchi
  • 山口 匠Takumi Yamaguchi
  • 山口 光Hikari Yamaguchi

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