Shinsaku (しんさく)

Shinsaku is read しんさく and has 4 beats. Our data lists 4 spellings: 晋作, 伸作, 信作 and 信策. All four are masculine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

し·ん·さ·く (4 beats)

Kanji spellings

4 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Shinsaku

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 晋作
    しんさく
    CommonMasculine

    Advance and create

    • 晋(しん)— advance
    • 作(さく)— make
  • 伸作
    しんさく
    Masculine

    Stretch + make

    • 伸(しん)— stretch
    • 作(さく)— make
  • 信作
    しんさく
    Masculine

    Faith + make

    • 信(しん)— faith
    • 作(さく)— make
  • 信策
    しんさく
    Masculine

    Faith + plan

    • 信(しん)— faith
    • 策(さく)— plan

The kanji in Shinsaku

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 作make3 spellings
  • 信faith2 spellings
  • 晋advance1 spelling
  • 伸stretch1 spelling
  • 策plan1 spelling

Shinsaku with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Shinsaku on our lists

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Long Japanese NamesJapanese Boy NamesJapanese Names Starting with SJapanese Emperor NamesHeroic Japanese NamesJapanese Samurai Names

Questions about Shinsaku

Is Shinsaku a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Shinsaku is masculine.

What does Shinsaku mean?

Shinsaku is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 晋作 reads as "advance and create", 伸作 reads as "stretch + make" and 信作 reads as "faith + make". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Shinsaku be written in kanji?

Our data lists 4: 晋作, 伸作, 信作 and 信策. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Shinsaku?

しんさく is 4 beats: し · ん · さ · く. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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