group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Maiku
マイク
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
まいくマイクMaiku
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings4 Source spelling/reading rows4 Coverage levelStandard
Standard source depth
This reading group has enough source-recorded spelling and record depth for the main reference library. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Maiku
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Maiku. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Maiku 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 “Maiku”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
マイク
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
マKana characterイKana characterクKana character
Kanji spelling
満育
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
Kanji spelling
舞久
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
Kanji spelling
麻郁
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
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 Maiku 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.
まいく · マイク
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
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.
まいく in the imported JMnedict corpus
4 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| まいくMaiku | 44 source rows | male 3 · female 1source rows · distinct forms: male 3 · female 1 | 00 source rows |
| まいくMaiku | 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.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Maiku 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 |
|---|---|---|
| マイク | まいく | Mike |
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.
3 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Maiku
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.
18–20 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| まいく | Maiku | 3 | 4 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
1 of 4 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
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 Maiku 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 | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 満 | full, fullness, enough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ま, みち, みつ, みつる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 育 | bring up, grow up, raise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 舞 | dance, flit, circle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 久 | long time, old story | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 麻 | hemp, flax, numb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あ, あざ, お | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 郁 | cultural progress, perfume | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あや, かおる, い, か +2 | 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
マイク
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Maikuまいく · this page
Characters in order
マKanaイKanaクKana
Exact written form
満育
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Maikuまいく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
舞久
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Maikuまいく · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
麻郁
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 麻郁 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Maiku
4 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まいく. 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.
マイク
マイク · Maiku
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
満育
まいく · Maiku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
舞久
まいく · Maiku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
麻郁
まいく · Maiku
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Spelling comparator
Compare Maiku 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| マイク | マイク | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 満育 | まいく | 満 — full, fullness · 育 — bring up, grow up | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 舞久 | まいく | 舞 — dance, flit · 久 — long time, old story | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 麻郁 | まいく | 麻 — hemp, flax · 郁 — cultural progress, perfume | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Maiku 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 まい
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
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96 recorded spellings
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94 recorded spellings
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57 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaimi
29 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaina
22 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaia
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaino
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaiki
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaira
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaisa
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMain
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMaiha
6 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Maiku
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
Maiko
満育舞郁麻
5 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMaika
満舞郁麻
4 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMayuko
満舞郁麻
4 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiku
久満育郁
4 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkue
久育郁
3 shared kanji · 82 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkumi
久育郁
3 shared kanji · 75 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMakiko
満舞麻
3 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMaki
満舞麻
3 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipManami
満舞麻
3 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMayumi
満舞麻
3 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkuyo
久育郁
3 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasumi
満舞麻
3 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →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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