Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kumiko

くみこ

Female-classified given-name records.

くみこクミコKumiko

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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 spellings111

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows113

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kumiko

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くみこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formクミコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKumiko

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

Mora segmentationく · み · 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 Kumiko 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 “Kumiko”, 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

くみこ

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

くKana characterみKana characterこKana character

Kana-only spelling

クミコ

Characters and loaded glosses

クKana characterミKana characterコKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

くみ子

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

くKana characterみKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

クミ子

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

クKana characterミKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

丘実子

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

丘hill, knoll実reality, truth, seed子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

丘美子

Characters and loaded glosses

丘hill, knoll美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

久三子

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story三three子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

久充子

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story充allot, fill子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

久光子

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story光ray, light子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

久妙子

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story妙exquisite, strange, queer子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Kanji spelling

久実好

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story実reality, truth, seed好fond, pleasing, like something

Kanji spelling

久実子

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story実reality, truth, seed子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 113. 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 Kumiko 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

くみこ · クミコ · クミこ

Kanji-based spellings111

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 forms100

recorded spellings

4-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

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

くみこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms111

113 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 113

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
くみこKumiko	111113 source rows	female 113source rows · distinct forms: female 111	00 source rows
くみこKumiko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
くみこKumiko	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 Kumiko

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 data111

3–31 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms109

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
くみこ	Kumiko	3	113

Recurring first-position kanji

久long time, old story24 forms 公public, prince10 forms 玖beautiful black jewel, nine10 forms 空empty, sky9 forms 紅crimson, deep red5 forms 九nine4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat103 forms 好fond, pleasing2 forms 紅crimson, deep red2 forms 君mister, you1 form 巫sorcerer, medium1 form 香incense, smell1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

美子24 analyzed forms 実子18 analyzed forms 三子6 analyzed forms 未子5 analyzed forms 見子5 analyzed forms 巳子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?

3 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 readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading75

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

久美子

3 source-recorded readings

Kumikoくみこ · this pageKumokoくもこHisamiひさみ

公美子

2 source-recorded readings

KimikoきみこKumikoくみこ · this page

列子

2 source-recorded readings

Kumikoくみこ · this pageRetsukoれつこ

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 Kumiko 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	103	0	103	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
美	beauty, beautiful	27	0	0	27	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
久	long time, old story	24	24	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
実	reality, truth, seed	20	0	0	20	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
公	public, prince, official	10	10	0	0	4	あきら, き, きみ, きん +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
玖	beautiful black jewel, nine	10	10	0	0	7	たま, き, ひさ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
空	empty, sky, void	9	9	0	0	8	うつ, き, く	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
紅	crimson, deep red	7	5	2	0	9	くれ, もみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
三	three	6	0	0	6	3	か, さ, さい, さえ +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
見	see, hopes, chances	6	0	0	6	7	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
未	un-, not yet, hitherto	5	0	0	5	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
巳	sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac	4	0	0	4	3	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

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

くみこ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

くKanaみKanaこKana

Exact written form

クミコ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ

Characters in order

クKanaミKanaコKana

Exact written form

くみ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

くKanaみKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

クミ子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ

Characters in order

クKanaミKana子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

丘実子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

丘hill, knoll実reality, truth子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

丘美子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

丘hill, knoll美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

久三子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story三three子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

久充子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story充allot, fill子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

久光子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story光ray, light子child, sign of the rat

Exact written form

久妙子

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kumikoくみこ · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story妙exquisite, strange子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 113. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kumiko 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-1AM103 of 113 analyzed forms 美beauty, beautiful27 of 113 analyzed forms 久long time, old story24 of 113 analyzed forms 実reality, truth, seed20 of 113 analyzed forms 公public, prince, official10 of 113 analyzed forms 玖beautiful black jewel, nine10 of 113 analyzed forms 空empty, sky, void9 of 113 analyzed forms 紅crimson, deep red7 of 113 analyzed forms 三three6 of 113 analyzed forms 見see, hopes, chances6 of 113 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kumiko

113 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading くみこ. 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.

くみこ

くみこ · Kumiko

Katakana クミコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Kumiko

Extended source depth

How to read Kumiko

What can Kumiko mean?

くみこ

クミコ

くみ子

クミ子

丘実子

丘美子

久三子

久充子

久光子

久妙子

久実好

久実子

How to read these meanings

How Kumiko is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Kumiko

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Kumiko spellings

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

くみこ

クミコ

くみ子

クミ子

丘実子

丘美子

久三子

久充子

久光子

久妙子

Kanji recurring across Kumiko spellings

Explore written forms of Kumiko

くみこ

クミコ

くみ子

クミ子

丘実子

丘美子

久三子

久充子

久光子

久妙子

久実好

久実子

久実紅

久富子

久實子

久巳子

久弥子

久扇子

久望子

久未子

久民子

久満子

久瞳子

久究子

久美君

久美好

久美子

久美紅

久見子

久視子

九三子

九実子

九美子

九見子

來未子

倶実子

倶美子

公三子

公光子

公実子

公己子

公弥子

公彌子

公未子

公美子