Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Chizuko

ちずこ

Female-classified given-name records.

ちずこチズコChizuko

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings44

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows60

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Chizuko

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingちずこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formチズコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationChizuko

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Chizuko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationち · ず · こ

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Chizuko mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Chizuko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ちずこ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

ちKana characterずKana characterこKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ちず子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

ちKana characterずKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

チズ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

チKana characterズKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kana-only spelling

ちづこ

Characters and loaded glosses

ちKana characterづKana characterこKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ちづ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

ちKana characterづKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

チヅ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

チKana characterヅKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

千ず子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousandずKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

千づ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousandづKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

千図子

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousand図map, drawing, plan子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

千壽子

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousand壽longevity, congratulations子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

千寿子

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousand寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

千尋

Characters and loaded glosses

千thousand尋inquire, fathom, look for

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 46. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Chizuko is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings4

ちずこ · ちづこ · チズこ · チヅこ

Kanji-based spellings44

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms5

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms35

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

ちずこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms32

34 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 34

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ちずこChizuko	3234 source rows	female 34source rows · distinct forms: female 32	00 source rows
ちづこChizuko	2632 source rows	female 32source rows · distinct forms: female 26	00 source rows
ちずこChizuko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
ちづこChizuko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Chizuko records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written form	Source reading	JMnedict source text
ちづ子	ちづこ	Chidzuko
チヅ子	ちづこ	Chidzuko

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

60 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Chizuko

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data44

3–36 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms44

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ちずこ	Chizuko	3	33
ちづこ	Chizuko	3	27

Recurring first-position kanji

千thousand15 forms 智wisdom, intellect9 forms 知know, wisdom7 forms 地ground, earth2 forms 池pond, cistern2 forms 小little, small1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat43 forms 尋inquire, fathom1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

津子6 analyzed forms 都子4 analyzed forms 鶴子4 analyzed forms 寿子3 analyzed forms 珠子3 analyzed forms 瑞子3 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

17 of 46 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked46

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings17

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading27

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

千尋

8 source-recorded readings

Kazuhiroかずひろ Senjinせんじん Chizuちず Chizuruちずる ChizuちづChizukoちづこ · this page

珠子

7 source-recorded readings

Akikoあきこ ShūkoしゅうこShukoしゅこSuzuすず Tamakoたまこ Tamamiたまみ

千都子

4 source-recorded readings

Chizukoちずこ · this pageChitsukoちつこChizukoちづこ · this pageChitokoちとこ

千壽子

3 source-recorded readings

ChikakoちかこChizukoちずこ · this pageChizukoちづこ · this page

千津子

3 source-recorded readings

Chizukoちずこ · this pageChitsukoちつこChizukoちづこ · this page

千鶴子

3 source-recorded readings

ChikakoちかこChizukoちずこ · this pageChizukoちづこ · this page

小都子

3 source-recorded readings

Kotokoことこ SatokoさとこChizukoちづこ · this page

智津子

3 source-recorded readings

Chizukoちずこ · this pageChitsukoちつこChizukoちづこ · this page

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Chizuko spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	43	0	43	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
千	thousand	15	15	0	0	3	かず, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
智	wisdom, intellect, reason	9	9	0	0	12	さと, さとし, さとる, さとい +9	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
知	know, wisdom	7	7	0	0	8	さと, さとる, しり, しれ +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
津	haven, port, harbor	6	0	0	6	9	ず, ち, と	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
都	capital, metropolis	4	0	0	4	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
鶴	crane, stork	4	0	0	4	21	たず, ず, か, つ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
寿	longevity, congratulations, one's natural life	3	0	0	3	7	かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
珠	pearl, gem, jewel	3	1	0	2	10	す, とも, ま, み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
瑞	congratulations	3	0	0	3	13	たま, ず, みつ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
図	map, drawing, plan	2	0	0	2	7	づ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
壽	longevity, congratulations	2	0	0	2	14	かず, じ, とし, ひさ +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

ちずこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちずこ · this page

Characters in order

ちKanaずKanaこKana

Exact written form

ちず子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちずこ · this page

Characters in order

ちKanaずKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

チズ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちずこ

Characters in order

チKanaズKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

ちづこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちづこ · this page

Characters in order

ちKanaづKanaこKana

Exact written form

ちづ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちづこ · this page

Characters in order

ちKanaづKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

チヅ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちづこ

Characters in order

チKanaヅKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

千ず子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちずこ · this page

Characters in order

千thousandずKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

千づ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちづこ · this page

Characters in order

千thousandづKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

千図子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Chizukoちずこ · this page

Characters in order

千thousand図map, drawing子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

千壽子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

ChikakoちかこChizukoちずこ · this pageChizukoちづこ · this page

Characters in order

千thousand壽longevity, congratulations子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 46. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Chizuko spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM43 of 46 analyzed forms 千thousand15 of 46 analyzed forms 智wisdom, intellect, reason9 of 46 analyzed forms 知know, wisdom7 of 46 analyzed forms 津haven, port, harbor6 of 46 analyzed forms 都capital, metropolis4 of 46 analyzed forms 鶴crane, stork4 of 46 analyzed forms 寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life3 of 46 analyzed forms 珠pearl, gem, jewel3 of 46 analyzed forms 瑞congratulations3 of 46 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Chizuko

33 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ちずこ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

ちずこ

ちずこ · Chizuko

Katakana チズコMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Chizuko

Extended source depth

How to read Chizuko

What can Chizuko mean?

ちずこ

ちず子

チズ子

ちづこ

ちづ子

チヅ子

千ず子

千づ子

千図子

千壽子

千寿子

千尋

How to read these meanings

How Chizuko is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Source-supplied text attached to Chizuko records

Corpus structure behind Chizuko

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Chizuko spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

ちずこ

ちず子

チズ子

ちづこ

ちづ子

チヅ子

千ず子

千づ子

千図子

千壽子

Kanji recurring across Chizuko spellings

Explore written forms of Chizuko

ちずこ

ちず子

チズ子

ちづこ

ちづ子

チヅ子

千ず子

千づ子

千図子

千壽子

千壽子

千寿子

千寿子

千尋

千律子

千文子

千殊子

千津子

千津子

千珠子

千珠子

千瑞子

千都子

千都子

千鈴子

千鶴子

千鶴子

地図子

地図子

地津子

小都子

智壽子

智寸子

智寿子

智寿子

智律子

智津子

智津子

智瑞子

智都子

智頭子

智鶴子

池次子

池鶴子