Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kurimu

くりむ

Female-classified given-name records.

くりむクリムKurimu

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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 spellings6

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows6

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kurimu

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くりむ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formクリム

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKurimu

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

Mora segmentationく · り · む

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 Kurimu 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 “Kurimu”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings5

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

くりむ

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りKana characterむKana character

Kanji spelling

久里夢

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里ri, village, parent's home夢dream, vision, illusion

Kanji spelling

来睦

Characters and loaded glosses

来come, due, next睦intimate, friendly, harmonious

Kanji spelling

玖璃夢

Characters and loaded glosses

玖beautiful black jewel, nine璃glassy, lapis lazuli夢dream, vision, illusion

Kanji spelling

空梨夢

Characters and loaded glosses

空empty, sky, void梨pear tree夢dream, vision, illusion

Kanji spelling

紅璃夢

Characters and loaded glosses

紅crimson, deep red璃glassy, lapis lazuli夢dream, vision, illusion

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 Kurimu 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 readings1

くりむ

Kanji-based spellings5

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 forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms4

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

くりむ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms7

7 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 7

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
くりむKurimu	77 source rows	female 7source rows · distinct forms: female 7	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 Kurimu

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 data5

20–37 strokes observed span

Median total strokes32

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms5

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
くりむ	Kurimu	3	6

Recurring first-position kanji

久long time, old story1 form 来come, due1 form 玖beautiful black jewel, nine1 form 空empty, sky1 form 紅crimson, deep red1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

夢dream, vision4 forms 睦intimate, friendly1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

璃夢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 6 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 checked6

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings2

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading4

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set3

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

久里夢

3 source-recorded readings

KurīmuくりーむKurīmuくりいむKurimuくりむ · this page

来睦

2 source-recorded readings

Kurimuくりむ · this pageRaimuらいむ

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 Kurimu 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
夢	dream, vision, illusion	4	0	4	0	13	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
璃	glassy, lapis lazuli	2	0	0	2	15	あき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
久	long time, old story	1	1	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
里	ri, village, parent's home	1	0	0	1	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
来	come, due, next	1	1	0	0	7	くり, くる, ごろ, さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
睦	intimate, friendly, harmonious	1	0	1	0	13	むつ, ちか, よし, あつ +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
玖	beautiful black jewel, nine	1	1	0	0	7	たま, き, ひさ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
空	empty, sky, void	1	1	0	0	8	うつ, き, く	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
梨	pear tree	1	0	0	1	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
紅	crimson, deep red	1	1	0	0	9	くれ, もみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6

Katakana クリムMorae 3Strokes 20

来come, due, next, cause 睦intimate, friendly, harmonious

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

Same writing, other recorded reading

Raimuらいむ

Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.

Search this exact writing Exact two-kanji context

玖璃夢

くりむ · Kurimu

Katakana クリムMorae 3Strokes 35

玖beautiful black jewel, nine 璃glassy, lapis lazuli 夢dream, vision, illusion

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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空梨夢

くりむ · Kurimu

Katakana クリムMorae 3Strokes 32

空empty, sky, void, vacant 梨pear tree 夢dream, vision, illusion

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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紅璃夢

くりむ · Kurimu

Katakana クリムMorae 3Strokes 37

紅crimson, deep red 璃glassy, lapis lazuli 夢dream, vision, illusion

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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Spelling comparator

Compare Kurimu 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.

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
くりむ	くりむ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
久里夢	くりむ	久 — long time, old story · 里 — ri, village · 夢 — dream, vision	23	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
来睦	くりむ	来 — come, due · 睦 — intimate, friendly	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
玖璃夢	くりむ	玖 — beautiful black jewel, nine · 璃 — glassy, lapis lazuli · 夢 — dream, vision	35	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
空梨夢	くりむ	空 — empty, sky · 梨 — pear tree · 夢 — dream, vision	32	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
紅璃夢	くりむ	紅 — crimson, deep red · 璃 — glassy, lapis lazuli · 夢 — dream, vision	37	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Kurimu 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.

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Shared-kanji relationships

久来梨璃空里

6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Kurimu

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Exact reading

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夢 — dream, vision

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璃 — glassy, lapis lazuli

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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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