Specifically, for male children, names in a longer format, like 'Tamuramaro' from 'Tamuramaro SAKANOUE' were shortened into two- character names (read in kun-yomi, meaning Japanese pronunciation) like 'Michizane' from 'SUGAWARA no Michizane' or 'Kintsune' from 'FUJIWARA no Kintsune,' or alternatively one-character names (also read in kun-yomi) like 'Toru' from 'MINAMOTO no Toru' or 'Makoto' from Lord 'MINAMOTO no Makoto'; as regards names for female children, the format of one character followed by 'ko' (also pronounced 'shi') was introduced thanks to a proposal by Kiyokimi.
男子の場合「坂上田村麻呂」の「田村麻呂」のような形式から「菅原道真」の「道真」や「藤原基経」の「基経」といった二文字訓読みか「源融（みなもとのとおる）」の「融」や「源信(公卿)（みなもとの・まこと）」の「信」など一文字訓読みという形式にし、女性の名前の「○子」という形式にすることは彼の建言によって導入されたものである。