Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Hifumi

ひふみ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

ひふみヒフミHifumi

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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 spellings29

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows30

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Hifumi

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ひふみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヒフミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationHifumi

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

Mora segmentationひ · ふ · み

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 Hifumi 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 “Hifumi”, 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

ひふみ

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

ひKana characterふKana characterみKana character

Kana-only spelling

ヒフミ

Characters and loaded glosses

ヒKana characterフKana characterミKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ひふ実

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

ひKana characterふKana character実reality, truth, seed

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ひふ美

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

ひKana characterふKana character美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

一二三

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

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)三three

Kanji spelling

一二実

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)実reality, truth, seed

Kanji spelling

一二美

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

一文美

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)文sentence, literature, style美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

妃二実

Characters and loaded glosses

妃queen, princess二two, two radical (no. 7)実reality, truth, seed

Kanji spelling

妃二美

Characters and loaded glosses

妃queen, princess二two, two radical (no. 7)美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

妃史

Characters and loaded glosses

妃queen, princess史history, chronicle

Kanji spelling

妃文

Characters and loaded glosses

妃queen, princess文sentence, literature, style

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 30. 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 Hifumi 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 readings2

ひふみ · ヒフミ

Kanji-based spellings28

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 forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms8

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms18

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 + surname

ひふみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms29

30 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 29 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ひふみHifumi	2930 source rows	female 29 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 28 · unspecified 1	33 source rows
ひふみHifumi	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.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Hifumi

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 data28

6–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms28

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
ひふみ	Hifumi	3	30

Recurring first-position kanji

比compare, race7 forms 妃queen, princess5 forms 一one, one radical (no.1)4 forms日day, sun2 forms 秀excel, excellence2 forms 陽sunshine, yang principle2 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

美beauty, beautiful12 forms 実reality, truth6 forms 文sentence, literature6 forms 三three1 form 史history, chronicle1 form 箕winnowing1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

一二3 analyzed forms 二実2 analyzed forms 二美2 analyzed forms 妃二2 analyzed forms 比夫2 analyzed forms 富美2 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?

2 of 30 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 checked30

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings2

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

一二三

8 source-recorded readings

IfumiいふみKazufumiかずふみ Kazumiかずみ Doremiどれみ Hidemiひでみ Hitomiひとみ

灯文

2 source-recorded readings

HiayaひあやHifumiひふみ · 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 Hifumi 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
美	beauty, beautiful	12	0	12	0	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
文	sentence, literature, style	7	0	6	1	4	かざり, ふ, も	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
比	compare, race, ratio	7	7	0	0	4	い, ぴっ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
実	reality, truth, seed	6	0	6	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
二	two, two radical (no. 7)	5	0	0	5	2	おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
妃	queen, princess	5	5	0	0	6	き, ぴ, み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
一	one, one radical (no.1)	4	4	0	0	1	かず, い, いっ, いる +7	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
布	linen, cloth, spread	3	0	0	3	5	う, の, ほ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
日	day, sun, Japan	2	2	0	0	4	あ, あき, いる, く +8	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
夫	husband, man	2	0	0	2	4	お, と, ゆう, よ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
富	wealth, enrich, abundant	2	0	0	2	12	と, とん, ふっ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
秀	excel, excellence, beauty	2	2	0	0	7	しゅ, しょう, ひで, ひでし +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

ひふみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

ひKanaふKanaみKana

Exact written form

ヒフミ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ

Characters in order

ヒKanaフKanaミKana

Exact written form

ひふ実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

ひKanaふKana実reality, truth

Exact written form

ひふ美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

ひKanaふKana美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

一二三

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

IfumiいふみKazufumiかずふみ Kazumiかずみ Doremiどれみ Hidemiひでみ HitomiひとみHifumiひふみ · this pageWarutsuわるつ

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)三three

Exact written form

一二実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)実reality, truth

Exact written form

一二美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)二two, two radical (no. 7)美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

一文美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)文sentence, literature美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

妃二実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

妃queen, princess二two, two radical (no. 7)実reality, truth

Exact written form

妃二美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Hifumiひふみ · this page

Characters in order

妃queen, princess二two, two radical (no. 7)美beauty, beautiful

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 30. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Hifumi 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.

美beauty, beautiful12 of 30 analyzed forms 文sentence, literature, style7 of 30 analyzed forms 比compare, race, ratio7 of 30 analyzed forms 実reality, truth, seed6 of 30 analyzed forms 二two, two radical (no. 7)5 of 30 analyzed forms妃queen, princess5 of 30 analyzed forms 一one, one radical (no.1)4 of 30 analyzed forms布linen, cloth, spread3 of 30 analyzed forms 日day, sun, Japan2 of 30 analyzed forms 夫husband, man2 of 30 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Hifumi

30 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ひふみ. 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.

ひふみ

ひふみ · Hifumi

Katakana ヒフミMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Hifumi

Extended source depth

How to read Hifumi

What can Hifumi mean?

ひふみ

ヒフミ

ひふ実

ひふ美

一二三

一二実

一二美

一文美

妃二実

妃二美

妃史

妃文

How to read these meanings

How Hifumi is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Hifumi

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Hifumi spellings

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

ひふみ

ヒフミ

ひふ実

ひふ美

一二三

一二実

一二美

一文美

妃二実

妃二美

Kanji recurring across Hifumi spellings

Explore written forms of Hifumi

ひふみ

ヒフミ

ひふ実

ひふ美

一二三

一二実

一二美

一文美

妃二実

妃二美

妃史

妃文

妃楓箕

斐文

日婦美

日歩実

比夫実

比夫美

比富美

比布美

比扶美

比文

比芙美

灯文

秀布実

秀布美

緋文

肥富美

陽文

陽郁

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What does Hifumi mean?

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