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in reply to a message by thegriffon
Hypothetical examples don't work in this situation. Akihide and Hideharu don't sound female no matter how they are written. You would need to provide actual examples of "seemingly female" Japanese male names for anyone to address this in a more meaningful way.
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If one starts with the assumption that names of flowers are feminine, then Hinata would only be considered a "feminine" male name if it were written with the characters that mean "sunflower." That would be an irregular reading, as the vocabulary word for "sunflower" is not Hinata. So an example of a man whose name was Hinata written with the characters 向日葵 would have to be found.
This message was edited 2/13/2022, 7:06 AM
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