Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kumao

くまを

Given-name classification varies across source records.

くまおクマオKumao

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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 spellings13

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows13

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kumao

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くまお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formクマオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKumao

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

Mora segmentationく · ま · 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 Kumao 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 “Kumao”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

くまを

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

くKana characterまKana characterをKana character

Kanji spelling

久万男

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

久long time, old story万ten thousand, 10,000男male

Kanji spelling

久摩男

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story摩chafe, rub, polish男male

Kanji spelling

久満男

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story満full, fullness, enough男male

Kanji spelling

久満雄

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story満full, fullness, enough雄masculine, male, hero

Kanji spelling

久真男

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story真true, reality, Buddhist sect男male

Kanji spelling

久磨雄

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story磨grind, polish, scour雄masculine, male, hero

Kanji spelling

熊夫

Characters and loaded glosses

熊bear夫husband, man

Kanji spelling

熊生

Characters and loaded glosses

熊bear生life, genuine, birth

Kanji spelling

熊男

Characters and loaded glosses

熊bear男male

Kanji spelling

熊郎

Characters and loaded glosses

熊bear郎son, counter for sons

Kanji spelling

熊雄

Characters and loaded glosses

熊bear雄masculine, male, hero

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 13. 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 Kumao 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

くまお · くまを

Kanji-based spellings12

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-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms6

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms6

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

くまお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms12

12 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsunspecified 12

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
くまおKumao	1212 source rows	unspecified 12source rows · distinct forms: unspecified 12	22 source rows
くまをKumao	11 source row	female 1source rows · distinct forms: female 1	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 Kumao 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
くまを	くまを	Kumawo

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.

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

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Kumao

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 data12

13–31 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms12

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
くまお	Kumao	3	12
くまを	Kumao	3	1

Recurring first-position kanji

久long time, old story6 forms 熊bear5 forms 隈corner, nook1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

男male5 forms 雄masculine, male4 forms 夫husband, man1 form 生life, genuine1 form 郎son, counter for sons1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

久満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?

1 of 13 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 checked13

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings1

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading12

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

熊郎

2 source-recorded readings

Kumaoくまお · this pageKumarōくまろう

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 Kumao 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
久	long time, old story	6	6	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
男	male	5	0	5	0	7	み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
熊	bear	5	5	0	0	14	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
雄	masculine, male, hero	4	0	4	0	12	かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
満	full, fullness, enough	2	0	0	2	12	ま, みち, みつ, みつる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
万	ten thousand, 10,000	1	0	0	1	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
摩	chafe, rub, polish	1	0	0	1	15	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	1	0	0	1	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
磨	grind, polish, scour	1	0	0	1	16	おさむ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
夫	husband, man	1	0	1	0	4	お, と, ゆう, よ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
生	life, genuine, birth	1	0	1	0	5	あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
郎	son, counter for sons	1	0	1	0	9	いら, お, とう, もん +2	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

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Exact written form

くまを

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまを · this page

Characters in order

くKanaまKanaをKana

Exact written form

久万男

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story万ten thousand, 10,000男male

Exact written form

久摩男

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story摩chafe, rub男male

Exact written form

久満男

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story満full, fullness男male

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久満雄

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story満full, fullness雄masculine, male

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久真男

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story真true, reality男male

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久磨雄

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story磨grind, polish雄masculine, male

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熊夫

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

熊bear夫husband, man

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熊生

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

熊bear生life, genuine

Exact written form

熊男

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumaoくまお · this page

Characters in order

熊bear男male

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 13. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kumao 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.

久long time, old story6 of 13 analyzed forms 男male5 of 13 analyzed forms 熊bear5 of 13 analyzed forms 雄masculine, male, hero4 of 13 analyzed forms 満full, fullness, enough2 of 13 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kumao

12 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading くまお. 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.

くまを

くまを · Kumao

Katakana クマヲMorae 3Strokes —

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

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