Yoshitsune (よしつね)

Yoshitsune is read よしつね and has 4 beats. Our data lists one spelling, 義経. It is a masculine name on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

よ·し·つ·ね (4 beats)

Kanji spellings

1 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names

Kanji spellings of Yoshitsune

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

  • 義経
    よしつね
    CommonMasculine

    Righteous and constant

    • 義(よし)— righteous
    • 経(つね)— pass through

The kanji in Yoshitsune

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

  • 義righteous1 spelling
  • 経pass through1 spelling

Yoshitsune with common surnames

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Yoshitsune on our lists

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Questions about Yoshitsune

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

In our data every spelling of Yoshitsune is masculine.

What does Yoshitsune mean?

Yoshitsune is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 義経 reads as "righteous and constant". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Yoshitsune be written in kanji?

Our data lists 1: 義経. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Yoshitsune?

よしつね is 4 beats: よ · し · つ · ね. 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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