Yukishige

Yukishige

Yukishige Okubo, Japanese politician.
Pronunciation	jɯkʲiɕige (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yukisige (Kunrei-shiki) Yukisige (Nihon-shiki) Yukishige (Hepburn)

Yukishige is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yukishige can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Examples:

• 幸重, "happiness, heavy"
• 幸茂, "happiness, luxuriant"
• 幸繁, "happiness, prosperous"
• 行重, "to go, heavy"
• 行茂, "to go, luxuriant"
• 行繁, "to go, prosperous"
• 之重, "of, heavy"
• 之茂, "of, luxuriant"
• 之繁, "of, prosperous"
• 志重, "determination, heavy"
• 志茂, "determination, luxuriant"
• 志繁, "determination, prosperous"
• 恭重, "respectful, heavy"
• 潔重, "pure, heavy"
• 雪重, "snow, heavy"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきしげ or katakana ユキシゲ.

Notable people with the name

• Yukishige Okubo (大久保 潔重, born 1966), Japanese politician
• Yukishige Yasuma (安間 之重, born 1938), Japanese long jumper