| Pronunciation | MAH-Chee-koh |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | Multiple different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Machiko (マチコ, まちこ)
is a feminine given name of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for know; wisdom (machi) and child (ko), [1] although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems.
Forms in kanji can include:
Keiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Keikō (景行), with a long "o", is the name posthumously given to Emperor Keikō.
Machiko Hasegawa was a Japanese manga artist and one of the first female manga artists. She started her own comic strip, Sazae-san, in 1946. It reached national circulation via the Asahi Shimbun in 1949, and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974. All of her comics were printed in Japan in digest comics; by the mid-1990s, Hasegawa's estate had sold over 60 million copies in Japan alone.
Sazae-san is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the Fukunichi Shinbun (フクニチ新聞), on April 22, 1946. When the Asahi Shimbun wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The first Sazae-san strip run by the Asahi Shimbun was published on November 30, 1949. The manga dealt with everyday life and contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the series, with the final comic published on February 21, 1974.
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. He was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate and a favourite of the fifth shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. His second concubine was Ogimachi Machiko, a writer and scholar from the noble court who wrote monogatari.
Yoko and Yōko are Japanese feminine given names. Yōko is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko.
Michiko is a Japanese given name, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the Japanese language written forms can be different. Common forms include:
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Kyōko, Kyoko, Kyouko, or Kyohko is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Hasegawa is a Japanese surname. Hasegawa may refer to:
Noriko is a Japanese given name for females.
Aizawa is a Japanese surname. Alternate writings include 相澤, 藍澤 and 藍沢. Notable people with the surname include:
Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ).
Nanako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Atsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Mami is a feminine Japanese given name.
Akiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Chika is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings.
Mai is a name that is used as a given name and a surname.
