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Japanese given name

Fumio

ふみを

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

ふみおフミオFumio
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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 spellings81

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows82

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Fumio

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ふみお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formフミオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationFumio

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

Mora segmentationふ · み · お

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 Fumio 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 “Fumio”, 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

ふみを

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
ふKana characterみKana characterをKana character
Kana-only spelling

フミヲ

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
フKana characterミKana characterヲKana character
Kanji spelling

不三夫

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
不negative, non-, bad三three夫husband, man
Kanji spelling

不美男

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
不negative, non-, bad美beauty, beautiful男male
Kanji spelling

二三夫

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)三three夫husband, man
Kanji spelling

二三生

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)三three生life, genuine, birth
Kanji spelling

二三男

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)三three男male
Kanji spelling

二三郎

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)三three郎son, counter for sons
Kanji spelling

二三雄

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)三three雄masculine, male, hero
Kanji spelling

二実男

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
二two, two radical (no. 7)実reality, truth, seed男male

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 82. 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 Fumio 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 readings3

ふみお · ふみを · フミヲ

Kanji-based spellings80

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

2-kanji forms46

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms34

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

ふみお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms80

80 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 1 · female 7 · unspecified 72

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ふみおFumio8080 source rowsmale 1 · female 7 · unspecified 72source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 7 · unspecified 7200 source rows
ふみをFumio12 source rowsmale 1 · female 1source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 100 source rows
ふみをFumio00 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 Fumio 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 formSource readingJMnedict source text
ふみをふみをFumiwo
フミヲふみをFumiwo

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.

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

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Fumio

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 data80

8–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes16

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms79

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
ふみおFumio380
ふみをFumio32
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
二三5 analyzed forms美雄5 analyzed forms三夫4 analyzed forms美夫4 analyzed forms冨美4 analyzed forms富美4 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?

36 of 80 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 checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings36

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading43

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

二三郎
5 source-recorded readings
NisaburōにさぶろうNizaburōにざぶろうFusaburōふさぶろうFumioふみお · this pageFumirōふみろう

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 Fumio 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
男male17017007みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
夫husband, man16115004お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
美beauty, beautiful15001509はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
雄masculine, male, hero150150012かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
文sentence, literature, style15150004かざり, ふ, もJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
三three12001203か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
二two, two radical (no. 7)11110002おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
史history, chronicle11110005あきら, あや, お, こ +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
生life, genuine, birth909005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
郎son, counter for sons606009いら, お, とう, もん +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
富wealth, enrich, abundant6600012と, とん, ふっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
典code, ceremony, law550008すけ, つね, のJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

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

ふみを

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fumioふみを · this page
Characters in order
ふKanaみKanaをKana
Exact written form

フミヲ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Fumioふみを
Characters in order
フKanaミKanaヲKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 82. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Fumio 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.

男male17 of 82 analyzed forms夫husband, man16 of 82 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful15 of 82 analyzed forms雄masculine, male, hero15 of 82 analyzed forms文sentence, literature, style15 of 82 analyzed forms三three12 of 82 analyzed forms二two, two radical (no. 7)11 of 82 analyzed forms史history, chronicle11 of 82 analyzed forms生life, genuine, birth9 of 82 analyzed forms郎son, counter for sons6 of 82 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Fumio

80 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ふみお. 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.

ふみを

ふみを · Fumio

Katakana フミヲMorae 3Strokes —

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

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フミヲ

フミヲ · Fumio

Katakana フミヲMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 82 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 81 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Fumio forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
ふみをふみをKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
フミヲフミヲKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
不三夫ふみお不 — negative, non- · 三 — three · 夫 — husband, man11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
不美男ふみお不 — negative, non- · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 男 — male20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三夫ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three · 夫 — husband, man9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三生ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three · 生 — life, genuine10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三男ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three · 男 — male12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三郎ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three · 郎 — son, counter for sons14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三雄ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three · 雄 — masculine, male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二実男ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 実 — reality, truth · 男 — male17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二巳夫ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 夫 — husband, man9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二巳男ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 男 — male12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二男ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 男 — male9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二美夫ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 夫 — husband, man15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二見男ふみお二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 見 — see, hopes · 男 — male16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
典夫ふみお典 — code, ceremony · 夫 — husband, man12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Fumio mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with ふみ

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Given name · female · limited reference

Fumie

118 recorded spellings

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Fumiko

95 recorded spellings

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Fumika

80 recorded spellings

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Fumi

77 recorded spellings

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Fumiyo

42 recorded spellings

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Fumina

21 recorded spellings

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Fumiaki

19 recorded spellings

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Fumiya

19 recorded spellings

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Fumino

16 recorded spellings

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Fumihiro

15 recorded spellings

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Fumitaka

15 recorded spellings

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Fuminori

14 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Fumio

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Given-name relationship

Yoshio

史夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 247 matching source-recorded spellings

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Toshio

史夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 140 matching source-recorded spellings

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Michio

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 120 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazuo

三二夫生男郎雄

7 shared kanji · 70 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mikio

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kimio

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 60 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mitsuo

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hisao

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fumiko

三二史夫文生美

7 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings

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Fujio

二夫文生男郎雄

7 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tomio

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Sumio

三夫生男美郎雄

7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Fu / ふ

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男 — male

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夫 — husband, man

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Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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