I started looking up the kanji meanings and one thing led to another, so here’s a list!



I listed everyone in order of appearance, aside from Chitoge’s parents since it was easier to just list them under Chitoge’s name.

Edit (10/31/2015): Fuu’s real name has been added along with the parents who have either made an appearance or have at least been mentioned so far.

Ichijou : 一 one / 条 logic, reason, a streak ((“jou” is a homophone for lock; another meaning is affection, sensitivity, emotion))

Raku: 楽 comfort, relief ((when used as an adjective is means comfortable, easy)) – Raku also sounds similar to lock ((“rokku” ロック ))

Father: Ichijou Issei (一条 一征) – Issei is a homophone for “first generation,” and going by the kanji it would mean “first to go attack.“



Kirisaki: 桐 a paulownia ((it’s a tree with heart shaped leaves; also called “princess tree”)) / 崎 cape, a point

Chitoge: 千 a thousand / 棘 thorn; ((lit: “a thousand thorns”))

Mother: Kirisaki Hana (桐崎 華) – Hana literally means flower; another meaning for the kanji used is “brilliant.”



Father: Adelt Kirisaki-Wagner – Adelt means “Knights” in German, and “Ennobles” in Dutch; Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning “wagonmaker” or “wagon driver.”

Maiko: 舞 dance, wheel, circle / 子 child, offspring ((lit: “dance child”))

Shuu: 集 collect, gather, assemble ((another meaning found was “discipline”))

Onodera: 小 small / 野 a field / 寺 temple; ((lit: “temple in the small field”))

Kosaki: 小 small / 咲 bloom, flower; ((lit: “small flower / small blossom”))

Mother: Onodera Nanako (小野寺 菜々子) – 菜 means greens or vegetables, 々 is a repeater kanji, and 子 means child ((lit: “child of the greens“))



Father: Onodera Takayuki (小野寺 孝雪) – 孝 means filial duty (although the reading is usually “kou” not “taka”) and 雪 means snow



Kyouko: キョーコ “mirror“ is the main meaning found. Her name is only written in katakana, so there aren’t any kanji to go with it. “Kyou” can be written in several ways, but some possible kanji meanings are: “echo, can also mean influential“ and “respectful.” Homophone-wise, when used as an adjective it can mean “stable; firm.”



Claude: A French name originating from the Latin Claudius, meaning “persevering”



Miyamoto: 宮 a shrine, an honorific title of royalty / 本 origin ((lit: “base of the shrine”))

Ruri: るり Lapis lazuli – a deep blue semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color ((another meaning found: emerald))

Tsugumi: 鶫 Thrush

Seishirou: 誠 sincerity, faithfulness, honest, sincere / 士 samurai / 郎 servant ((another name meaning found was “son of the history of the star”))

Tachibana: 橘 citrus fruit ((lit: “wild orange”))

Marika: 万 ten thousand, a myriad, everything / 里 village / 花 flower, bloom ((lit: “village of ten thousand flowers”)) ((other meanings for marika found are: bitter, rebelliousness))



Mother: Tachibana Chika (橘 千花) – Chika literally means a thousand flowers



Father: Tachibana Gen (橘 厳) – Gen means “severe,” “rigid,” or “strict” with this kanji



Honda: 本 origin / 田 rice field ((lit: “root field” or “origin field”))



Paula: small; from the Latin Paulus, meaning petite

McCoy: son of Aodh – Aodh is an Irish word of Indo-European origin, originally meaning “fire”

Onodera: 小 small / 野 a field / 寺 a temple

Haru: 春 spring

Ayakaji: 彩 color / 風 wind, breeze

Suzu: 凉 cool, refreshing, unruffled

Shinohara: 篠 small bamboo / 原 field ((lit: “plain of bamboo grass”))

Mikage: 御 manage, control / 影 shadow, reflection

Kanakura: 奏 play, perform / 倉 warehouse, storehouse

Yui: 羽 feather, wing ((“yui” is also a noun that means upperhand; superiority; 羽 can also mean tie, bind if you look at the Japanese reading – so basically ”bond“))

Mother: Kanakura Mai (奏倉 真衣) – 真 means reality or truth and 衣 means clothes.



Father: Kanakura Chaoyang (奏倉 朝陽) – 朝 means morning and 陽 means sunlight (it’s also a reference to yang as in the active male principle of the universe, characterized as male and creative and associated with heaven, heat, and light), so it literally means morning sun



Ie: 夜 night, evening (("ie” is also a homophone for home, house; family))









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